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June 4, 2026Behavioral and Brain Sciences0 citations

Neuroplasticity in changing ecologies

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DODaniele Ortu

Key Points

  • This commentary explores how changing social environments influence neuroplasticity across the lifespan.
  • Provided a developmental neuroscience perspective on brain plasticity.
  • Analyzed the impact of social environments experienced throughout life.
  • Discussed the decline of flexible behaviors post-adolescence.
  • Highlighted a tendency for individuals to develop rigid behavioral patterns after adolescence.
  • Noted that aging leads to fewer new learning opportunities and decreased environment-driven plasticity.

Abstract

This commentary provides a developmental neuroscience perspective on brain plasticity concerning the sequence of social environments we experience throughout our lives. After adolescence, play and variable behavior tend to be discouraged, and individuals often develop rigid behavioral patterns. This tendency becomes even more evident with further aging, and, with fewer new learning opportunities, environment-driven brain plasticity progressively decreases.

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Daniele Ortu (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2116cfd499ed480b16fc85https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x25103336
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