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What was particularly memorable to you? What images or statements were meaningful to you? Why were they so memorable? Baby’s brains weigh less than 1-pound emotions ideas memories dreams. People understand the brain itself because of the brain we have. Brain size grain of rice 10,000 nerve cells 1-10,000 connects to other nerves cells = 1 trillion connections. By 4 weeks, the brain cells are already forming! Most cells die off and replaced, neurons are born in fetal life and remain with you into old age. How the cells know where to go is amazing. They are predetermined spots to go...checks all connections and gets ride of the ones it doesn’t need and strengthens the ones it does. Compares elizabeth’s brain to other babies in a standard ICU, how much does the world around us effect the developing brain? For a baby it is urgent to remove cataract..needs critical images to develop brain…..all connects have been formed if your odl…they’re not used they don’t go away..use it or lose it during development..1 or 2 months of missing visual experience can have permenent consequences on how the brain is wired up. Must cover up normal eye so the bad eye can learn new connections without getting stonger. Within 10 minutes after the contact….the baby is responding…1 hour improvement is a ton…after 1 year childen’s eyes fall back….after 7 months…improving…..brain of the baby is a work in progress, the experience refines the circuit..
What questions does the video raise for you? Find 2 Internet sources that answer this question or provide addition information. What complications can occur if the baby is born too early to the brain? ADHA structure prioritizing hypersensitive easily over stimulated carefully controlled environment will help. Trying to emulate the womb skin to skin contact. Will help with future development. Can we actually see changes in the brain wi...