ERIC Number: EJ595592
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0028-9604
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How To Build a Baby's Brain.
Begley, Sharon
Newsweek, p28-32 Spr-Sum 1997
Explores how experiences after birth exert a dramatic and precise impact, physically determining how the intricate neural circuits of the brain are wired, in particular, in areas of language and vocabulary. Discusses the brain's acute vulnerability to trauma such as under or over stimulation or abuse. (HTH)
Descriptors: Brain, Child Neglect, Cognitive Development, Early Experience, Infants, Neurological Organization
Newsweek, Inc., 251 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019.
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Parents
Language: English
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