Ask HN: Do newborns have a standardized brain structure?

Re:Ask HN: Do newborns have a standardized brain structure? by fuzzfactor on Saturday September 24, 2022 @07:38PM (#32967591)

>Do newborns have a standardized brain structure?

No.

Genetic diversity due to isolation of cultures in their environments over the eons has made this impossible.

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Re:Ask HN: Do newborns have a standardized brain structure? by WHATDOESIT on Sunday September 25, 2022 @07:21AM (#32970390)

Still - do twins have the same/similar brain structure?

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Re:Ask HN: Do newborns have a standardized brain structure? by fuzzfactor on Sunday September 25, 2022 @09:24AM (#32971094)

I would think those are the newborns who start out as close as you can get.

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Re:Ask HN: Do newborns have a standardized brain structure? by WHATDOESIT on Sunday September 25, 2022 @09:56AM (#32971372)

Indeed - and yet I'd think it's not close at all. I bet there is going to be the same level of variation as compared to relative differences between unrelated humans.

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Re:Ask HN: Do newborns have a standardized brain structure? by fuzzfactor on Monday September 26, 2022 @12:39PM (#32985243)

I would say it depends on what you call close.

The differences between unrelated newborns would be both genetic & environmental, compared to the identical genetics and nearly identical environments of the twins.

From which point all would begin to diverge further.

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