Yes, that’s fair. I think we’ve now described the situation well enough that I don’t think future readers of this thread will end up with a wrong impression.
To expand on Ilio’s point: the connection point on the “building” (recipient neuron’s dendrites) matters a lot because the location of of the synapse on the dendrites sets a floor and ceiling on the strength of the connection which cannot be exceeded by weight modifications due to temporal synchronicity.
Also, yes, there is neurogenesis ongoing throughout the lifespan. Never long range (e.g. cross country in our metaphor), only short range (within same metropolitan area). The long range connections are thus special in that they are irreplaceable.
Yes, that’s fair. I think we’ve now described the situation well enough that I don’t think future readers of this thread will end up with a wrong impression. To expand on Ilio’s point: the connection point on the “building” (recipient neuron’s dendrites) matters a lot because the location of of the synapse on the dendrites sets a floor and ceiling on the strength of the connection which cannot be exceeded by weight modifications due to temporal synchronicity. Also, yes, there is neurogenesis ongoing throughout the lifespan. Never long range (e.g. cross country in our metaphor), only short range (within same metropolitan area). The long range connections are thus special in that they are irreplaceable.