Your brain can be changed

... is how the brain changes (for better or worse) in response to repeated experience: the things we do often we become stronger at, and what we don't use fades away.

We've been long told that adults have only so many brain cells and that we never form new ones and that once these cells are lost, they're gone for good.

However, in recent years, experts have discovered evidence that the statement above isn't true. The human adult brain does indeed still ...

• The practice of gratitude has long-lasting effects on a person's brain, suffering from depression or not.
• Those who practiced writing gratitude letters and received psychological counseling have shown significantly better mental health.
• It unshackles us from negative emoti...