When I was younger, I used to pick skills up fast, but now I struggle to learn anything new. Why is that?
Also, how can I improve my learning skills?
In: Biology
We have to learn a lot of vital skills when we’re younger, essential life skills, at a time when there’s no room for error. The brain is still forming as well. The best time for a child to learn a second language , for instance, is while they’re learning their first language, because that’s when the brain is meant to learn language. It’s still growing and is highly adaptable in the early stages.
This is why it’s possible to remove half of the brain and have the other half restructure itself to compensate. It’s essentially a very advanced computer with storage space and it’s own AI. But there’s only so much storage space and at a certain point, the software stops getting new updates. The AI doesn’t learn as quickly because it doesn’t “need” to, it has pre-established patterns.
That’s what it comes down to. Learning patterns. Once the brain finishes development, it kind of “saves” the design that it has and, while you can obviously still learn new things, it won’t be as easy because development has finished and you don’t have that extra boost that comes with a growing brain that is trying to learn everything it can in the effort to reach full maturity.
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