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Video #7: Experiences Build Brain Architecture
Source: Harvard Graduate School of Education
1.5 minutes
Source: Harvard Graduate School of Education
1.5 minutes
The basic architecture of the brain is constructed through a process that begins early in life and continues into adulthood. Simpler circuits come first and more complex brain circuits build on them later. Genes provide the basic blueprint, but experiences influence how or whether genes are expressed. Together, they shape the quality of brain architecture and establish either a sturdy or a fragile foundation for all of the learning, health, and behavior that follow. Plasticity, or the ability for the brain to reorganize and adapt, is greatest in the first years of life and decreases with age.
Resources
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* Children's Emotional Development Is Built into the Architecture of Their Brains , Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University
* The Timing and Quality of Early Experiences Combine to Shape Brain Architecture , Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University
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Children's Emotional Development Is Built into the Architecture of Their Brains
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Children's Emotional Development Is Built into the Architecture of Their Brains
The Timing and Quality of Early Experiences Combine to Shape Brain Architecture