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“without affecting cognitive performances” - does that mean calorie restriction makes brain even more efficient by pruning unneeded parts?
by whywhywhydude 4y ago
“without affecting cognitive performances” - does that mean calorie restriction makes brain even more efficient by pruning unneeded parts?
- jesuscript 4y agoLess calories means less energy, which means you have to use the energy you do have more optimally. If there was no impact on cognitive performance, then all that means is you spent extra energy before doing stuff that didn't require the excess energy. A good example might be overthinking. Some of our lives and jobs are much simpler than we realize.
- pessimizer 4y ago> Some of our lives and jobs are much simpler than we realize. Based on the output of deep learning models, most of our lives and jobs probably don't even require sentience.
- makeitdouble 4y agoThey are assessing cognitive performance with a single test, and these lemur have a special ‘low energy’ mode, so there’s many options. For instance it might be that their single test succeeds while other brain capacities are impacted (for instance social, emotionally capacities or memory).