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Early Childhood Fertile minds is an article about how the human brain readies itself to accept the limitless amounts of information that we succumb to during our lifetime. Ten to twelve weeks after conception the human brain is actively piecing itself together. Neurons, the cells that carry electrical impulses throughout our nervous system, have been found to follow coordinated waves of neural activity and can change the shape of the brain (XXX). It is this coordinated flow of electricity, that allows newborns to recognize a fathers voice, a favorite toy, and a mother’s touch. Scientist have found that the rhythmic bursts of neurons are essential to the physical development of the brain. At birth the brain has all the nerve cells that it will ever have, but the pattern of “wiring” between them has not be established. Shortly after birth the brain creates trillions more connections between neurons than it can use, it then eliminates those that are rarely or never used. This process of elimination occurs around the age of 10, and what is left are unique patterns of thought and emotion (XXX). When a child is exposed to a stimulating environment the brain benefits, learning new things and physically growing larger. It is when those environments are removed that the brain suffers the most. “Researchers at Bayer College of Medicine, for example, have found that children who don’t play much or are rarely touched develop brains 20% to 30% smaller than normal for their age (XXX).” A laboratory experiment performed similar research on rats and found that rats who played more and were interacted with showed more complex behavior than those who were confined to a sterile cage.
Approximate Word count = 1117
Approximate Pages = 4.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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