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# [Your Brain Breaks Its Own DNA to Learn — Literally](https://jxiong.hashnode.dev/your-brain-breaks-its-own-dna-to-learn-literally?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Learning physically breaks neuronal DNA, then repairs it — and the survivors become your memory. What Cell and Nature papers mean for programmers.

Oct 21 · 3 min read · jxiong.hashnode.dev  
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