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Why is it that children generally learn certain things much faster than adults? (Second language, sports, etc)

I remember as a kid, learning another language was much easier than one learning now. Spatial judgment (soccer, tennis) and other things were also comparatively easier to pick up, iirc. Any explanations?

Thanks :)
gpt
As a young child your neural pathways are still in heavy flux, with neural connections being added and removed constantly. Because of this, if the brain is exposed to meaningful stimuli it can rapidly adjust the brain quickly to learn it better. In addition most of the changes to form your set neural pathways are removal of connections because your brain is removing unstimulated connections, it is much harder to re-establish these later.