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karahime • today at 3:01 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

> Neuroplasticity is gone for you and it's all downhill from there.

The field of neuroscience would object to this, I think.


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well_ackshually • today at 3:07 PM

No, neuroscience agrees that there is a slowdown, as well as specific points at which different parts of the brain stop improving at the rate it used to. 35+ years old is widely agreed upon to be a point at which it is extremely difficult to form new neural connections at the rate it used to when you were 16.

No, you are not on track to become a vegetable the day you turn 25. Yes, it requires more and more investment, and literally noone in neuroscience disagrees with that.