> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> but this reminded me of something I read last week.
> Work has me reading/working through the book-
> "Now, Discover Your Strengths" which has a section
> on why people should develop and excel in their
> strengths (versus offsetting their weaknesses-
> unless they interfere with your strengths). There
> is a part of the book that talks about how the brain
> of a 2ish month old infant grows synapses at an
> incredible rate until about 6 months. Until age
> 3 synapses learn to communicate, but then
> "neglected" synapses start to "fall into disrepair"-
> such that half are gone by age 16.
"Pruning" is the term neurologists use, IIRC. And it
continues in the pre/frontal cortex - executive
function territory - until approx. age 21 years. So
the old standard of 'coming into ones majority' at 21
really did have a physiologic basis, even if they had
no idea of why.
> I wonder how alcohol in small sips, or even
> with meals would effect this? ....
My educated guess is - adversely. If I had kids I
wouldn't let them drink any alcohol until ~ 16, and
then only a little at table. Then I guess I'd pray
that I'd fed them enough guilt and fear to keep them
relatively safe until they 'came of age,' after which
they hopefully would make their own decisions with
their executive-functions-finally-fully-engaged
brains.
Debbi
who suspects that her worst weaknesses do indeed
interfere with some of her strengths
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