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Around puberty brain drops loads of connections to become an adult brain. More than 40% of all synapses are eliminated.

• volemo 8mo ago
  Source? Why would the organism build all those synapses for 14 years just to drop half of them?
  • ozim 8mo ago
    LMGTFY: https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/the-adolescent-brain-beyond-raging-hormones https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/the-adolescent-...