How Does The Brain Learn New Things? The brain stores new information by linking it to patterns of related information already stored in neural circuits of existing memory. These clusters of related information stored together in memory are what psychologist Jean Piaget (1957) described as cognitive frameworks, or schemas. How does the brain learn new
How Do Synapses Get Stronger? Synapses will strengthen for a short time because of an increase in the amount of packaged transmitter released in response to each action potential. Depending on the time scales over which it acts synaptic enhancement is classified as neural facilitation, synaptic augmentation or post-tetanic potentiation. Can synapses be repaired? You
What Age Does Synaptic Pruning Occur? The timing of synaptic pruning varies by brain region. Some synaptic pruning begins very early in development, but the most rapid pruning happens between roughly age 2 and 16. Where does synaptic pruning occur first? Synaptic pruning first begins at 8 months in the visual cortex and 24 months