
Infants and young children have brains with a superpower, of sorts, say neuroscientists. Whereas adults process most discrete neural tasks in specific areas in one or the other of their brain's two hemispheres, youngsters use both the right and left hemispheres to do the same task. The finding suggests a possible reason why children appear to recover from neural injury much easier than adults. (1)
Using one hemisphere.
Using both.
At the end, the result is the same.
At the end, both children and adults speak, listen, think.
So why would that be a superpower?
What about a computer doing the same things with on processor?
What about a computer doing the same with multiple processors?
Does it matter how Picasso drew his painting?
Would we consider it art if a child drew it?
Look at that vase.
How childish.
Drink.
Do you like the coffee?
My mom made it.
(How could I not…)

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