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Building a Baby’s Brain: From a Dirt Road to a Superhighway
Babies’ brains are not little sponges waiting for someone to pour information into them. They are built during the earliest years through very specific kinds of interactions. Read More
March 17, 2016 | Posted in General
Early Experiences Shape Brain Architecture
Babies are born ready to learn. At birth, the brain contains about 100 billion neurons that are connected by synapses carrying electrochemical signals in response to stimuli from the world around us. During the earliest years, those synapses are firing at an astonishing rate, and they become the neural foundation upon which everything else is built. Read More
December 18, 2014 | Posted in General
Happy Mother’s Day
The more we learn about early childhood development, the more we realize the truth behind Lincoln’s words. We now know that brain architecture is profoundly affected by our earliest experiences and interactions, and mothers and fathers are a child’s first and most influential relationships. Read More
May 08, 2014 | Posted in General
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