Describe how the brain grows and changes over the first two

Describe how the brain grows and changes over the first two years of life. What environmental influences can parents provide to allow an infant\'s brain to develop as much as possible?

Solution

brain grows & chages over the first two years of life.=new born babies hilight the extent of prenatal brain development.

1 year=

newborn can recognise human faces.& can discriminate between happy & sad expressions

At birth baby her mothers voice

The brain continuous develop at an amzing rate of first year

cerebellum triples in size & there is rapid development of motor skill during this period

The visual area of cortex grows infants initially dim & limited sight developes into full binocular vision

at about 3 month innfants power of recognition improves dramatically.

Growth in hippocampus,& limbric structure related to memory l

Language circuits in frontal & temporal lobe grows & infant hears

2 years= Changes brains language area development of more synapses & becoming more interconnected

There is sudden spike in childrens language ability

There is major increase in rate of myelination & helps in performing complex task

Self awareness are developing

He will begin using his own name