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Cognitive flexibility is essential to navigating a changing world – new research in mice shows how your brain learns new rules

  • Written by Vikaas Sohal, Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco
Cognitive flexibility is essential to navigating a changing world – new research in mice shows how your brain learns new rulesA class of inhibitory neurons can make long-distance connections across both hemispheres of the brain.akinbostanci/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Being flexible and learning to adapt when the world changes is something you practice every day. Whether you run into a new construction site and have to reroute your commute or download a new streaming app...

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