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WAVES OF CHANGES – AN ADOLESCENT BRAIN

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WAVES OF CHANGES – AN ADOLESCENT BRAIN As CHILDREN become teens, the brain continues to develop, grow, and change along with the rest of their body. Brain specialization becomes more apparent at adolescence. The adolescent brain can imagine and ponder at a much higher level than a child’s brain. Whereas a child tends to dwell…

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CHANGES IN PLASTICITY OR ALBERT & THE RAT

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CHANGES IN PLASTICITY OR ALBERT & THE RAT CHANGES IN PLASTICITY By the time a baby is three or four months of age, its behavior provides clues to its having reached new milestones in brain development. At that age, individual infants differ widely in their reaction to events and in their patterns of brain activity…

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NEURAL DARWINISM [ NEWBORN ]

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NEURAL DARWINISM Some scientists argue that as the brain incorporates new experiences and makes new connections among neurons, it expresses a form of evolution through the competition of its various neural networks. Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Gerald Edelman suggests that the brain’s many networks vie against each other in “neural Darwinism.” While genes determine how the…

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NEWBORN NEURONS / ESTABLISHING NETWORKS

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NEWBORN NEURONS As a baby emerges from the womb, brain development expands to include processing responses to the baby’s new experiences sights, sounds, smells, actions, sensations, and emotions. Networks of neurons, primed to receive new stimuli,compete for survival. It’s a random battle at first, but soon becomes more organized as environmental stimuli strengthen some connections…

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A GOOD START FOR THE PREGNANT MOTHER

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A good start for the pregnant mother – diet/prevention/risk EAT WELL The first, and easiest, thing a mother to be can do is to eat for two: This doesn’t mean doubling up on servings it means remembering that the vitamins and minerals from a well-balanced diet not only nourish mom’s brain and body but the…

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NEW BORN BRAIN – SUPPORT & SURVIVAL

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NEW BORN BRAIN – SUPPORT & SURVIVAL Migrating neurons are helped along by glial cells. They support and nourish the neurons on their journeys. Some help regulate the neurons’ metabolism, and others coat the nerve cells’ axons with myelin, a fatty substance that provides electrical insulation and thus controls the speed of communication along neural…