Your Brain is Plastic
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You would not be here if you weren't interested in learning, and neither would I. But, here's something we haven't learned about together...LEARNING. The ways in which we acquire and retain knowledge (which is the very definition of learning) is really a science in itself. And like any other discipline that involves the study of the human brain is practically still in its infancy. Just twenty years ago most scientists believed that once we reached adulthood our brains were pretty much fixed not that we were incapable of learning anything new exactly, but the assumption was that our brains development phase was over... and now it's pretty much there to remind our hearts keep beating. And occasionally let us remember where we left our phone. Bu...
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You would not be here if you weren't interested in learning, and neither would I. But, here's something we haven't learned about together...LEARNING. The ways in which we acquire and retain knowledge (which is the very definition of learning) is really a science in itself. And like any other discipline that involves the study of the human brain is practically still in its infancy. Just twenty years ago most scientists believed that once we reached adulthood our brains were pretty much fixed not that we were incapable of learning anything new exactly, but the assumption was that our brains development phase was over... and now it's pretty much there to remind our hearts keep beating. And occasionally let us remember where we left our phone. Bu...
