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.
the wonderful thing about the human nervous system is that because it is plastic for the entire lifespan and because these two elements of focus and rest can be deployed again and again, and again, just because neural circuits didn't form does not mean that they can't form later in life.
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
Would love a "what would change this verdict" RSS feed. Sign me up if it exists.
neuroplasticity doesn't necessarily shut down as we age it might even stay open to the same degree as early adulthood
The plasticity that you have when you are a child, from the time you're born until about age 25, typically can occur even in passive experience.