Skip to main content
University of Cambridge
Adaptive Brain Lab

Adaptive Brain Lab

Home About Us News People Contact Us

Research

Research overview Learning and Brain Placticity AI for Brain and Mental Health Centre for Lifelong Learning and Individualised Cognition (CLIC) Centre for Integrative Neuroscience Discovery (CIND)

ABC project

ABC project overview ABC Members Events Consortium Training

BrainHealth Hub

BrainHealth Hub overview Vision Meet the Team BrainHealthX Hub Launch

Events

Events overview Launch Event FENS-Chen Institute Summer Program on AI-Accelerated Neuroscience Discovery and Translation Open minds for modern mind health

Publications

Publications 2026 Publications 2025 Publications 2024 Publications 2023 Publications 2022 Publications 2021 Publications 2020 Publications 2019 Publications 2018 Publications 2017 Publications 2016 Publications 2015 Publications 2014 Publications 2013 Publications 2012 Publications 2011 Publications 2010 Publications 2009 Publications 2008 Publications 2007 Publications 2006 Publications 2005 Publications 2000-2004

Participate

Participate overview

i-ABC: A Personalised Learning Study

i-ABC: A Personalised Learning Study overview iABC Further Information
Home About Us Research News People BrainHealth Hub Publications Participate Contact Us
Home About Us Research News People BrainHealth Hub Publications Participate Contact Us

Research

Research overview
    Learning and Brain Placticity AI for Brain and Mental Health ABC project Centre for Lifelong Learning and Individualised Cognition (CLIC) Centre for Integrative Neuroscience Discovery (CIND)

BrainHealth Hub

BrainHealth Hub overview
    Vision Meet the Team Events BrainHealthX Hub Launch

Publications

    Publications 2026 Publications 2025 Publications 2024 Publications 2023 Publications 2022 Publications 2021 Publications 2020 Publications 2019 Publications 2018 Publications 2017 Publications 2016 Publications 2015 Publications 2014 Publications 2013 Publications 2012 Publications 2011 Publications 2010 Publications 2009 Publications 2008 Publications 2007 Publications 2006 Publications 2005 Publications 2000-2004

Participate

Participate overview
    i-ABC: A Personalised Learning Study
  1. Home
  2. News
  3. The Brain Takes Alternate Routes To Learn New Tricks In Older Age

The brain takes alternate routes to learn new tricks in older age

5 July 2018

"Memory is a mental capacity that starts to deteriorate from a fairly young age. In critical memory centres of the brain, grey matter irreversibly declines from our forties."

Click here to read Prof. Kourtzi's article in the Cambridge alumni magazine.

Adaptive Brain Lab

Contact Information

Craik-Marshall Building (2nd floor) Downing Site Cambridge CB2 3AR
Email:abg@psychol.cam.ac.uk

University of Cambridge

Logo © 2026 University of Cambridge
Privacy policy Accessibility Freedom of information Modern slavery Terms and conditions