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"...can an old brain learn, and then remember what it learns? Put another way, is this a brain that should be in school?

As it happens, yes."

Here is the trick: "The trick is finding ways to keep brain connections in good condition and to grow more of them..............for adults, one way to nudge neurons in the right direction is to challenge the very assumptions they have worked so hard to accumulate while young. With a brain already full of well-connected pathways, adult learners should “jiggle their synapses a bit” by confronting thoughts that are contrary to their own,"

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"for adults, one way to nudge neurons in the right direction is to challenge the very assumptions they have worked so hard to accumulate while young. With a brain already full of well-connected pathways, adult learners should “jiggle their synapses a bit” by confronting thoughts that are contrary to their own,"
- Adult Learning - Neuroscience - How to Train the Aging Brain - NYTimes.com (view on Google Sidewiki)