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Using the word "myth" (literally a lie) about something is questionable since it means an unscientific "certainty" about an issue and lack of respect of other people's positions. For example, "There is no direct neuroscientific evidence, for either animals or humans, linking adult synaptic density to greater learning capacity. All of this does not mean that the plasticity of the brain, and synaptogenesis in particular, might not bear some relation to learning but, on the strength of available evidence, the assumptions made in identifying such a determining role for birth-to-three development cannot be sustained." (OECD, Understanding the Brain, p.110) What this means is that until now there is no conclusive evidence either way, not that stating one or the other position means telling a lie. The same can be said about the concept of a "critical period" that the OECD attacks in favor of a "sensitive" one. What h