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by gfody 1517 days ago
learning anything exercises your learning abilities and they get stronger. if we ever truly understand "learning ability" it's bound to include things like confidence and perseverance among other things. I feel like this basic intuition is behind every "links to cognitive abilities" study I've ever seen, even the recent one about daily drinkers (who probably just don't exercise their minds as much)
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> I feel like this basic intuition is behind every "links to cognitive abilities" study I've ever seen

I’ve had this impression as well