Childhood

• What happens in the Childhood stage after the baby is born?

  • After the child is born, the brain develops many neural connections (approximately 1,000 per second).
  • When the baby is born its ability to see clearly is limited . By the time its 5 months old , the new synapses allow it to see in 3D and it will have gained the ability to see in colours as well. Around the age of 3 , the density of synapses in the prefrontal cortex is at its peak. This allows the child to start to use their past experiences to understand their present.
• What happens in the childhood stage after the baby is born?

  • The also start to understand cause and effect. During childhood later , these connections are then 'pruned' meaning that we get rid of neural connections that we don't use.