Re:Daily Coffee Habits May Affect Brain Plasticity and Learning
by Qem on Sunday November 26, 2023 @07:38AM
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Perhaps brain plasticity has its own downsides. Otherwise, why evolution would make us lose a lot of it once we reach adulthood? If there was no downsides, keeping a plastic brain for the whole life would be very adaptive. A gotcha must hide somewhere here.
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Re:Daily Coffee Habits May Affect Brain Plasticity and Learning
by mrob on Sunday November 26, 2023 @08:01AM
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Before the Industrial Revolution, people didn't see so much change in their daily lives. Perhaps the risk of learning something maladaptive outweighed the potential benefits back then.
Re:Daily Coffee Habits May Affect Brain Plasticity and Learning
by Qem on Sunday November 26, 2023 @08:33AM
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Well, since agriculture fixed people in the same plot of land for their whole lives, sure. But before that there was nomadism. People moved from one area to another frequently. I think a lot of learning was necessary to map and adjust to new territories. So, I'm not so sure potential maladaptative learning explains everything.