Two new animal studies show serotonin enhances the speed of learning and the ability to adapt to a new situation that requires flexibility.

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Two new animal studies show serotonin enhances the speed of learning and the ability to adapt to a new situation that requires flexibility.

The most recent study showed that serotonin boosts plasticity by influencing a form of learning rate which helps adapt to a new situation. The older study showed that serotonin helps unlearn a previous behavior which helps adapt to a new environment.

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Study 2: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-04840-2