Comment · Mon, March 11, 2013 · Ceretropic
Sexual experience restores age-related decline i... [Hippocampus. 2013] - PubMed - NCBI
What they were answering
tomg288374 · 8 points
However, when a prolonged withdrawal period was introduced between the final mating experience and behavioral testing, the improvements in cognitive function were lost despite the presence of more new neurons.
This was the sad part.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic
Not sad, just expected. We know that cognitive ability depends on the constant reinforcement of those neuronal connections. If we stop sending signals across those synapses, then the improvements fade.