Brain Development

  • Prenatal Development

    Brain connections create links because of chemicals released in the brain.
  • Infancy and Early Childhood

    Infancy and Early Childhood
    Birth- 3: Brain connections are created, synaptogenesis.
    Differentiation- neurons become specialized.
    Synaptic pruning- occurs the most here and continues through adolescences.
    Myelination- fatty cells coat the neural axon
  • Middle Childhood, Adolescence and Adulthood

    Middle Childhood, Adolescence and Adulthood
    thinking and learning occurs the most during this period.
    Attention, planning and impulse control are