Do children and adults have the same number of nueral synapses?
1 Answer
Feb 11, 2016
No. The number is neither fixed nor identical.
Explanation:
Current understanding of brain physiology is that both neurons (cells) and synapses can be developed throughout life and learning. See also https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn
for great training, more details and sources for this information.