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Although the phrase “use them or lose them” is a popular one in discussing synapses and the brain, it gives a misleading overall description of what goes on during normal brain development. It tends to conceal that losing synapses is also part of the maturation process for our brain circuitry and that such loss is normal, inevitable, and beneficial.

Quote ID: 01502

Author

John Bruer

Source

The Myth Of The First Three Years

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