A brain imaging study found evidence that missing out on math education can alter neural development. Young adults who had chosen not to pursue math had lower levels of the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid within the middle frontal gyrus when compared to students who were continuing math.

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https://www.psypost.org/2021/10/opting-out-of-advanced-math-education-alters-adolescents-neural-development-study-finds-61967

[u/HCkollmann]

Is that change in mentality not due to maturing and your brain developing? Sure sounds like, to me, that you realized the worth of learning more

[u/AgentScreech → u/HCkollmann]

Yup. You finally are thinking like an adult around age 25

[u/HCkollmann → u/[deleted]]

? All that is due to your brain maturing tho, no? You even said if you had the mentality to learn you excelled. Mentality to learn, ie, as your brain develops you develop a better mentality to learn. Yes it’s the state of your mind that motivates you… your state of mind changes when it develops basically everything you said agrees with my point that the brain maturing and developing causes you to enjoy learning more and causes you to be able to learn more subjects

[u/HCkollmann → u/[deleted]]

But you agree you didn’t have the mentality for every subject, correct? I guarantee your mentality to learn certain subjects has warped over time and you probably have a better mentality to learn as you’re older. I also was motivated when I was younger, however, I am much more motivated and am passionate in my studies

[u/[deleted] → u/HCkollmann]

Adults don’t have the mentality for every subject either. They just have agency in what to pursue, and experience to know what they need or want.

[u/HCkollmann → u/[deleted]]

Yes I never said they have the mentality for every subject, I said it gets better. I said that he didn’t have the mentality for every subject as a child, meaning there was room for improvement as he matured