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How do neurons become "worn from overuse"?! Is such a thing possible or was that just an analogy?
by tom_rath 18y ago
How do neurons become "worn from overuse"?!
Is such a thing possible or was that just an analogy?
- akd 18y agoThe terminology sounds quackish but I think they might be on to something -- if you do the same exact thing every day for your whole life, maybe one day you snap and can't do it anymore. If this is true, I would expect it to affect baseball pitchers (not hitters as much, since they are reacting to something), bowlers, archers, rifle competitors, people who do the same job on an assembly line for 20 years, etc. etc.
- j2d2 18y agoI was under the impression damage from drugs like mdma came from overstimulating neurons and thus they burn out like a fuse.
- aristus 18y agoBack in the day, papermaking depended on a certain twist of the wrist to set the fibers of a new sheet. People would practice for years to get the proper "knack". Experienced papermakers would often "lose their knack" and could no longer do it. Whatever the mechanism, it's a real phenomenon.