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Prenatal Development
Brain connections create links because of chemicals released in the brain. -
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
thinking and learning occurs the most during this period.
Attention, planning and impulse control are