What Feral Children Reveal About Human Brains

What happens when a developing brain receives no language, no human faces, and no social contact? This episode explores the most well-documented cases of feral children — from the wolf-girls of Midnapore to Genie in Los Angeles — and what their tragic lives teach us about critical periods, neural plasticity, and the fragility of human development. We dig into the neurobiology, the ethical tensions, and why the YouTube algorithm can't get enough of these unsettling stories.