Research on brain plasticity showed how important experience is in modifying brain structure. For a moment I can't believe at all there is anything innate about our cognition. But wait! That's not the whole story. It occurred to me that the case of my turtle is interesting. My turtle has never learned how to capture and eat live fish. But, when I put small live fish in the same container where he was living, he not only showed incredible capacity to chase and capture a fish in his mouth, he also swallowed it without any chewing entirely, like he has done that many times. Some things must be innate. (another example: we're good at recognizing human faces. why are we bad at recognizing dog
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