Learning Is Not Only For The Young

• When adults try to learn a new language, they tend to rely on their prefrontal cortex (PFC).
• Growing evidence finds that learning can improve when the PFC “turns off” and allows the more primitive, less-familiarized non-declarative memory system to take lead.
• You can’t tur...

• It is easier to learn to read and understand a new language than it is to speak it.
• According to a recent study, the adult brain compartmentalizes speech in the left hemisphere, showing minimal plasticity.
• As people become proficient in a language, their ...

There is this idea that running wears away your cartilage and causes arthritis in the knees. But it is not valid. Studies show that people who run more are less likely to get arthritis in their knees and more likely to benefit from physical activity.

Knee injury is indeed most com...