Stanford Neuroscientist: Can’t Remember Your Dreams? Your Brain May Be Warning You!
David Eagleman explains that the brain is highly plastic and can be reshaped through continuous challenge and novelty, debunking the idea that intelligence peaks early.summaryBrain Plasticity and Crystallized Intelligence: The brain peaks in fluid intelligence at age two, but plasticity remains lifelong. As we age, we develop 'crystallized intelligence' (internal models of the world), which rtakeawayCognitive Reserve and the Nun Study: The 'Religious Orders Study' showed that nuns with Alzheimer's pathology did not show cognitive deficits because their lifelong social and mental challenges built a 'cognitive reservetakeaway














