Andrew Huberman· PhD
And it turns out that you can have 90% of neurons gone and your audiometric thresholds could be normal. And it's because the auditory system is so exquisitely sensitive, that there is tremendous redundancy in it.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
And it turns out that you can have 90% of neurons gone and your audiometric thresholds could be normal. And it's because the auditory system is so exquisitely sensitive, that there is tremendous redundancy in it.
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