I’ve always made this analogy. Why else would I be able to remember a zillion lyrics to a million songs I learned without effort in my youth, early 20s, and 30s and start to struggle to remember new lyrics as I advanced in age? I can sing a song word for word that I haven’t heard in 50+ years, but learning one new song is a week-long effort (and I do mean effort) at my advanced age. Too bad we can’t add space to our memory as computers can.
It’s the neurons-——a four year old can learn a foreigh language,accent free,in a VERY short time.
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