Adolescence is widely thought to be a time when the brain trims away excess neural connections, refining circuits through synaptic pruning. New research now suggests this view may be incomplete.

Can AI learn by shrinking? A new study introduces a development-inspired continual learning framework for spiking neural networks.

A human infant is born with roughly twice as many synapses as it will eventually need. Over the first few years of life, the ...

Researchers have developed TD-MCL, a spiking neural network framework inspired by how infant brains grow and prune synapses. The method enables AI to learn new tasks without forgetting old ones while ...

For the first time, researchers have confirmed that selectively pruning certain synapses in the brain can paradoxically ...

Researchers developed SynTrogo, a molecular tool enabling targeted synapse removal via engineered neuron–astrocyte ...

Research led by SUNY Downstate Medical Center has identified a brain receptor that appears to initiate adolescent synaptic pruning, a process believed necessary for learning, but one that appears to ...

A deep dive into synaesthesia reveals the neurological theories behind why some people "see" music and "taste" words.

Welcome back to Birdbrained Science! Last time, we touched on the ‘bird’ aspect with migration and today, we’ll cover some brain stuff — let’s talk about pruning. However it happens, we know that once ...

New research has charted the major developmental stages in the brain’s wiring—from early-life pruning to late-life network breakdown—offering a new roadmap for how our brains evolve. Colored diffusion ...