Far from a blank slate, the infant brain begins with an overabundance of random neural connections. Neuroscientists discovered how trimming this excess wiring transforms the hippocampus into a powerful, structured memory machine. Link: https://www.psypost.org/neuroscientists-discover-the-brains-memory-center-starts-full-and-prunes-itself-down-to-optimize-learning/ :Cat-PS