The brain experience some major changes whenever a person stop learning. Anytime you stop attending schools or recieving lectures/tutorials for a long period of time, the brain will begin to retard.
However, while it’s important for us to continue to keep in touch with education,?we also need to have significant opportunities to develop and practise intellectual skills/thinking process with our brain. e.g problem-solving, creative thinking, scientific enquiry and interpersonal skills.
Without much ado, here are what happens to your brain when you stop learning.
What Happens To Your Brain When You Stop Learning
IT WILL BECOME HARD FOR YOU TO LEARN NEW THINGS
Whenever you use your brain, you are essentially working out your mind. By staying mentally fit, you find it easier learning new things and understanding new concepts.
But when you stop learning, your brain becomes weak and solving problems becomes more challenging.
YOUR BRAIN STARTS TO LOSE IT SHARPNESS
Several research have shown that people who are less incline to learning experience slower memory decline. But, everytime you engage in intellectually stimulating activities such as reading, learning and studying, your brain becomes more sharp and your mental ability becomes much better.
YOUR BRAIN BECOMES LESS ADAPTABLE TO CHANGE
When you are accustomed to learning new things, you are also becoming more adaptable to change. But lack of learning stiffens the brain and makes it unable to adjust to daily trends.
YOU BECOME LESS RELEVANT
There are always new things to learn while making use of our brain. Mark Zucherberg and Warren Buffet spends most of their time reading and learning. These billonaires are able to make better judgement and decisions in life, which have impacted on people around them and the society at large.
when you refuse to use your brain, you become less relevant to the society you live in.
YOU START TO LOSE CONFIDENCE
When stop learning, you begin to lose the confidence you used to have. You won’t be able to discuss thoughts and ideas more confidently because you lack that informative touch.
But, when you are always learning, you will have a stronger knowledge base to communicate your thoughts more effectively, as well as approach your problems more confidently.
In conclusion, No matter old you get, you should always do your best to remain an active learner. By learning, your brain becomes more smarter and active, and solving problems becomes much easier.
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This information is very useful to me because it confirms the suspicions that I had about the brain becoming dull over time when it is not used for a long period. Since the lockdown began, I have been gradually engaging in activities that require me to use less of my brain. As a result I have been struggling to use it productively now that my life is no longer on hold.
Thank you Nathi, I sure hope you now use the key [points in this article to put your brain into a productive function.
This article really helped me understand the perils and pitfalls of not learning. This pandemic has changed the educational realm in a pretty large way. Overtime, I have have been on social media for a great portion of each day. Hence, my mind degrading overtime.
Thank you so much for writing this article.
I am glad to read this pleasant comment from you Partha!