Personal Narrative: Cephalocaudal Development

Maturation refers to the gradual progression of development over time. As I grew older my brain began to develop and the neurons began to mature. The result was an increase in the number of synapses made, 15,000 per neuron, although many that were unused were eliminated through synaptic pruning, a process which is a completely normal step in development. Through the increase in synapses, a complex network of neural pathways was developed, allowing for the sending of messages with the help of neurotransmitters. My brain was able to modify these connections because of its plasticity, which is why new information was able to be learned, enabling development from infancy to adulthood. This can be tied into me expanding my knowledge as I got older, learning new information along the way. Memory in infants is limited due to infantile amnesia: the inability to remember episodic memories typically before the age of 4. The earliest memory …show more content…
As a child, I rolled around a lot, as I was discovering how my body worked. According to a story I have heard countless times from my parents, one day I attempted to stand up and managed to do it by myself. However, I couldn’t figure out how to sit back down as it was my first time trying this out. As a result of the lower half of my body being uncoordinated, I begun to cry as I was stuck standing up. After help from my parents, I managed to sit back down. The validity of this story has yet to be known. Proximodistal development however is the development from the center of the body outwards. As a result, the head and torso develop first followed by the extremities. This was evident in my ability to demonstrate gross motor skills first through walking to my closet to pick out which shoes i wanted to wear and then being able to put on my own shoes and tie them using fine motor