plasticity

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Together they make up a perfectly valid alternate list, one that captures the glamour and romance of L.A. — as well as its lovable plasticity — just as well.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

"Understanding the cellular mechanisms of how CaAKG improves synaptic plasticity sheds light on new ways to protect memory and slow brain aging."

From Science Daily • Jan. 25, 2026

The plasticity of digital information is superseding earlier modes of expression and expertise, as the printing press did the scribe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Hebbian-style synaptic plasticity allows for creation of memories and learning from experience within a network of neurons and synapses.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2025

The possibilities thus opened up are very great: no less than the combination by mankind of the stability of instinct with the plasticity of reason.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)