My challenge (Score: 1) by rocks@pipedot.org on 2014-03-14 17:08 (#JE) is to keep putting fun and safe challenges in front of my kids because they do climb learning curves incredibly swiftly.I worry about why we lose this free-form learning as we grow up. I don't believe it has to be that way. Do we "teach" it out of people? Re: My challenge (Score: 2, Informative) by axsdenied@pipedot.org on 2014-03-15 03:44 (#JN) I would say that the brain gets "moulded" in certain ways as we get older, mainly through the environment we are growing up in.Kids can figure out gadgets quicker as they are not following patterns that we have set in our heads. Re: My challenge (Score: 1) by rocks@pipedot.org on 2014-03-15 14:06 (#JY) You're probably onto something there. We learn what has worked in the past and that informs and slows our approach to new problems.Some people do seem to remain more open and less habitual as they grow up though. Any thoughts on what environmental factors encourage this? I tend to view it as a positive quality.
Re: My challenge (Score: 2, Informative) by axsdenied@pipedot.org on 2014-03-15 03:44 (#JN) I would say that the brain gets "moulded" in certain ways as we get older, mainly through the environment we are growing up in.Kids can figure out gadgets quicker as they are not following patterns that we have set in our heads. Re: My challenge (Score: 1) by rocks@pipedot.org on 2014-03-15 14:06 (#JY) You're probably onto something there. We learn what has worked in the past and that informs and slows our approach to new problems.Some people do seem to remain more open and less habitual as they grow up though. Any thoughts on what environmental factors encourage this? I tend to view it as a positive quality.
Re: My challenge (Score: 1) by rocks@pipedot.org on 2014-03-15 14:06 (#JY) You're probably onto something there. We learn what has worked in the past and that informs and slows our approach to new problems.Some people do seem to remain more open and less habitual as they grow up though. Any thoughts on what environmental factors encourage this? I tend to view it as a positive quality.