Early Brain Development Through Connections - 1413 Words

Early Brain Development through Connections In the past, people thought children’s brains only developed through genetics, but as the years passed, this theory has been proven wrong. People discovered that it was more than genetics. Genes and developing environmental connections are important, but play different roles. Genetics provide neurons and cells, connecting those to different parts of the brain, whereas, environmental connections use the neurons to strengthen the neurons to shape the individual. Moreover, without each other these connections wouldn’t be developed and genetics would weaken. The connections babies make in their environment increase brain activation and development plays a significate role in children’s lives. In†¦show more content†¦Developing language is one of the most important connections a child needs in his or her life because it is a connection that will be used continuously in their lives and keep developing. Children learn and communicate from the five sense. As Sar a Gable and her intern Melisa Hunting argued in the Nature, Nurture and Early Brian Development, â€Å"the brain takes in the external world through its system of sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste† (Goble and Hunting).Furthermore, when caregivers provide proper education like talking, reading or even speak in the form of the speech â€Å"parentese† (Elaine Shiver) helps the child form language. If caregivers communicate this way with their children, then the child will make connections with vocabulary and picture. Children also learn from lip reading to capture accents and different dialects. This is reason why babies pick accents from their native languages. Genetics do not contribute to this connection in children’s lives because it is the connections that children make that strengthen the neurons. In the words of the National Center for infants, toddlers, and families, â€Å"[g]enetic potential is necessary, but DNA alone cannot teach a child to talk†¦ [language is] determined by social environment in which [the child] was raised† (Zero to Three). To sum this up, language is a communication connection that children make in their native and natural environment. In fact, parental interactions, which increase the