Critical age & dev of mind

• “The size of the brain doesn’t increase much after 3”

  • Doug Postels
• during the first three years of life, that the brain

  experiences most of its growth and develops most

  of its potential in learning
• “The question scientists can’t answer now is if the

  damage is permanent” - Su Rusche
• “We allowed people to smoke for 100 years before

  we knew about all horrible things that nicotine will

  do.” - Su Rusche
• coauthor of false messaging

  Su Rusche
• Inhalants

  ● such as glue, paint, gasoline, and aerosols, destroy

  the outer lining of nerve cells and make them unable

  to communicate with each other.
• Marijuana

  ● hinders memory, learning, judgment, and reaction

  times.
• Ecstasy

  ● destroys neurons that produce serotonin

  ○ Seronotin - a chemical crucial in controlling

  sleep, violence, mood swings, and sexual

  rages.
• Steroids

  ● that cause aggression and violent mood swings
• THE LEFT AND RIGHT BRAIN THEORY

  This theory was developed by Nobel-prize winners

  Robert Ornstein and Roger Sperry
• MIND MAP

  ● Popularized by Tony Buzan