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The Growing Years: Brain Development in Infancy
From infancy on, the brain and mind, the neural hardware and cognitive software of an infant develop together. At birth the limbic areas are quite immature, and the cortex is almost entirely underdeveloped. The neurons are there, but the connections...
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The Most Amazing Machine: Lower Level Brain Structures
The brain stem, which some refer to as the old reptilian brain, exists in all mammals. It is engaged in activities that regulate the body and its basic survival responses. The limbic areas are involved in generating emotion, motivation and socia...