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That is a matter of great debate. Although most people's brains wind up settling on basically identical structure over time, case studies with injured or disabl
by ravi-delia 6y ago
That is a matter of great debate. Although most people's brains wind up settling on basically identical structure over time, case studies with injured or disabled people often display incredible adaptability (ie the occipital lobe in a blind person). If indeed the brain learns most of what it knows from experience, than its (comparatively) low energy consumption would come from greater efficiency. That definitely seems possible; as a basic unit of machine learning the neuron is much more specialized than the transistor, and far slower.
- anaphor 6y agoMy interpretation of what the parent meant is that the cognitive processes which support language acquisition (which may be mostly domain-general) are already optimized for this task, for which there is a sensitive period during certain years where you need to be exposed to certain inputs, or else you never fully acquire language. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_(feral_child) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_(feral_child)