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Binary & Tweed
Also the greater neuroplasticity of youth may even amplify the effects of any potentially ASD-inducing experiences, by allowing more complex connection webs to form than if those experiences were had later in life.
From what I understand, I'm under the impression that neuroplasticity is a sound concept, and that by and large it can be understood as a proxy for learning potential, in a largely primeval and non-conscious sense of the word "learning", like how dogs learn that the sound of a car arriving in the driveway is followed by the arrival of a human, IE an amalgamation of sensory signals, memories, outgoing motor and chemical signals - all of which would take the form of neuronal "engrams" or states of neuronal/nervous activity, I suppose. This is how I'm starting to phenotypically understand the mind.If the talk of 'brain plasticity' is true then it may also mean that lockdown kids will be able to bounce back pretty quickly once they're out of the lockdown environment.
Plus, I get the sense that therapy doesn't generally tend to go to these radical depths, but I don't know.