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[catalogued under 15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 8. Brain]

Full Idea

Unlike the liver, for example, our brains do rely on the same set of neurons throughout life. (n4. though we now know that some neurons do die, and adult neurogenesis does occur in certain brain areas).

Gist of Idea

Brains largely retain the same set of neurons throughout life

Source

Mazviita Chirimuuta (The Brain Abstracted [2024], 7.1)

A Reaction

Despite this, she strongly emphasises that every brain is in a continual state of change. It might help, though, to explain why a person can vividly remember an event for more than ninety years. But axons and dendrites continually change.

Book Reference

Mazviita Chirimuuta: 'The Brain Abstracted' [MIT 2024], p.186