This brief highlights how adult neural plasticity—specifically the abundance and potential activation of dormant, “silent” synapses—may inform understanding of learning, memory, and resilience across client populations. For mental health professionals, the finding underscores that the adult brain retains latent circuitry capable of rapid recruitment during new learning and experience, providing a framework for interpreting variability in therapeutic response and the pace of cognitive change.

Article Title: MIT scientists discover millions of “silent synapses” in the adult brain

Link to Science Daily Mind-Brain News: https://nolinkpreview.com/www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260504211848.htm

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Cello, World!

'Holly MacDonald and John Orbison met in the chorus of a Gilbert and Sullivan Very Light Opera production in 2009. “Music is what brought us together,” MacDonald said.'

Encore! Minnesotans find joy in learning music as adults
by Sheila Regan
Minnpost
https://www.minnpost.com/artscape/2026/05/encore-minnesotans-find-joy-in-learning-music-as-adults-minnesota-music/

#music #AdultLearning #CelloWorld

Surprisingly, adults learn 90% of what they need to know to do their jobs informally — via experiential, social, and self-directed learning

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2013/11/the-surprising-way-adults-learn-90-of-what-they-need-to-know

#learning #AdultLearning #SocialLearning #70:20:10

Grimwades adult education centre gets planning green light

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.ipswich.co.uk/grimwades-adult-education-centre-gets-planning-green-light/

Ipswich learning centre gets new Museum Street home

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.ipswich.co.uk/ipswich-learning-centre-gets-new-museum-street-home/

Take the pressure off of yourself to facilitate or teach, and instead create situations that allow learning to occur.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2025/05/teaching-less-learning-more

#Facilitation #LearningDesign #AdultLearning #GroupProcess

Children and adults shouldn’t sit still in class. Yet we ignore established research when designing adult learning environments.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2017/04/sit-still-in-class

#meetings #EventDesign #movement #benefits #learning #AdultLearning #eventprofs

Billions of education dollars are spent on "personalized learning". Here's what it is, and how it can and should be extended to adult life-long learning practice.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2017/11/personalized-learning

#learning #PersonalizedLearning #AdultLearning

Join us today at 11.00am for our Email Tips & Tricks workshop. (via Zoom). ➜ https://bit.ly/34zb3Zb

#DigitalInclusion #DigitalSkills #DigitalLiteracy #AdultLearning  #AdultEducation