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> the brain spends months sorting out that neuron pathway Yup: but unfortunately, this is one of those things that seems to have a "critical period". (We know
by wizzwizz4 3y ago
> the brain spends months sorting out that neuron pathway
Yup: but unfortunately, this is one of those things that seems to have a "critical period". (We know this because of experiments on poor defenceless kittens. Thanks, science! (But, I mean, it's decades later and it's got actual medical applications now, and we don't have to re-run the experiments because the results were all written down, so… maybe we should actually thank science for this one.))
- altruios 3y agoUntil we need to figure out how to reintroduce that 'critical period' property at our will.
- derefr 3y agoIIRC studies have observed ketamine doing this for at least the critical period of language-learning. I would guess that any AMPA antagonist (to tilt things in favor of bottom-up processing) would do the same.
- altruios 3y agoOkay, you have me intrigued. Which studies? For rats or cats? Is this a 'cheat' to learn languages better, lol?
- derefr 3y agoI do recall a study on language learning, but I can't seem to dredge it up. Here's one on visual memory in mice: https://www.lucid.news/could-ketamine-restore-child-like-brain-plasticity-and-learning/ https://www.lucid.news/could-ketamine-restore-child-like-bra... (links to https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(21)00689-6 https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(21)006...) In general, the relevant keywords for further investigation are "ketamine neuroplasticity"