Infant Brain Development

Throughout this course, we have learned several different areas of the brain, as well as the differences between the infant brain, the child brain, the adolescent brain, the adult brain, and the aging brain. For this particular assignment, we have chosen to break down the importance of the infant brain and how it may appear different in development and content, from the others as it has not fully developed. We have chosen to include a total of 43 words, that of which all share an importance to the growth and development of the infant brain, however some more significant than others. In order to attract the viewers attention to the main ideas, we have chosen to enlarge, and bolden the most significant ideas throughout this stage of the brain. The majority of our words come from the information learned through Episode 1 of the documentary “The Secret Life of the Human Brain” and the information on the handout that followed. Important terms that were mentioned in …show more content…
The Infant Brain is evidently larger than all other words, as it is the main focus. Similarly, we chose to include Neuron seeing as it is the main functional unit of the brain no matter what stage of life an individual is at, however is dominant in the infant stage, as the infant is just beginning to develop and therefore receiving an extreme amount of neuronal signals.. Neurons are constantly going through a cycle and the ones that are not functioning correctly or are not actively being used, eventually die off forever, which relates to our word choice of “Use It or Lose It” and why we chose to enlarge this term as well. Nature and Nurture are also significantly important terms and were chosen to explain the importance of the environment an infant develops and grows throughout as well as the type of care he/she is receiving from its caregiver. The five senses