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”It's often assumed that children learn more efficiently than adults, although the scientific support for this assumption has, at best, been weak," says study c
by EGreg 4y ago
”It's often assumed that children learn more efficiently than adults, although the scientific support for this assumption has, at best, been weak," says study co-author Takeo Watanabe, a cognitive psychologist from Brown University”
https://www.sciencealert.com/kids-incredible-learning-may-all-be-down-to-1-chemical-in-the-brain https://www.sciencealert.com/kids-incredible-learning-may-al...
My theory is simple - kids simply have more time to learn and less other bullshit to deal with. Some years they have practically nothing else but learning, exploring, sleeping, eating and pooping. And not to mention that many of the humans around them actively bring all concepts down to their level (and some use babytalk) to explain them. So yea… an adult doesn’t have any of these advantages.