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Neurogenesis and Neuronal Development
- Neurogenesis is the process by which new neurons are created. The bulk of this process happens during the prenatal period of brain development.
- Synaptogenesis is the process of forming connections or synapses.
- Synaptic pruning is the process where synapses that aren't used grow weaker and disappear.
- Myelination is a key process in neuronal development that begins before birth
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Major Factors That Influence Brain Development
- Genes - are a major key factor in brain development due to their contribution to normal individual variation in brain development, and relatively rare genetic alterations.
- Environmental factors - Because having a safe and nurturing environment faci...
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Neuroplasticity
- Also known as neural plasticity
- This is the capacity of the brain to change in response to experience and the environment.
- It changes the brain from updating the neuronal networks to the formation of new memories to larger structural adaptations.
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Brain Growth
It's been thought that the neurons were already created before birth, but research indicates that the brain keeps growing until mid to late childhood, decreases through the early 20s, stabilizes for quite a while, and then begins to decrease further from age 40 onwards.
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Stages of Early Brain Development
Brain development happens at different rates for different parts of the brain but here are the major trends in the construction that takes place:
- In the womb: folding of the brain's outer layer
- Newborn - childhood: the brain grows gradually and continues to...
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Everyone's Brain Changes Differently
We might have this idea that our brains change the same way but scientists have observed that there is a considerable variation between individuals in terms of when and what to extent aspects of the brain change.
Individual differences in brain development can be related to psychological d...
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- Neurogenesis - is the process of which new neurons/brain cells grow in the brain;
- Neuroplasticity - refers to the existing neurons and the new neurons grow and form different connections with each other. It shapes who we are.
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The key to resilient aging is improving neurogenesis, the birth of new neurons.
This activity occurs in the hippocampus, the part of the brain that lays down memories. And we respond to and store new experiences every day, and cement them during sleep. The more we can experience new...
How Memories are Formed
- Create a memory. Our brain sends signals in a particular pattern associated with the event we're experiencing and creates connections between our neurons, called synapses.
- Consolidate that memory. It's the process of committing something to long-term memory so we c...
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