Physiology
Key brain development stages?
A fertilised egg is 0.14 mm in diameter. The brain develops from a layer of skin cells called the ectoderm. At 2 weeks the egg has elongated and is 2 mm long. In the first 8 weeks of pregnancy, tissues, organs and systems of the future child are … [Read More...]
What the brain actually is
About the brain; almost 80% of the it is made of water (mainly in the cytoplasm of its cells) with a further 10-12% being fatty lipids and 8% protein. Glial cells, in a roughly 10:1 proportion to neurons, form a firm jelly like support system … [Read More...]
How Your brain works
The brain is an extraordinarily complex organ which currently attracts huge amounts of research spend and we are closer now to knowing how it all fits together, than ever before. Your brain has around 100 billion neurons, and each communicates … [Read More...]
Learn2Learn
Why learn to learn?
In the 21st Century, the new disadvantaged will be those who do not have the capacity to learn. They will sink, unable to change and adapt as they are flooded with ever more information and change. But learning is about more than just getting by in a … [Read More...]
What are memories?
In 2009, following a one-year-long study on sea slugs, which have relatively simple nervous systems, a team led by Kelsey Martin at the University of California were the first to witness memories being made in the form of new proteins appearing at … [Read More...]
When to start learning to learn?
New insights into brain development affirm what many parents and caregivers have known for years, 1) good prenatal care, 2) warm and loving attachments between young children and adults, and 3) positive stimulation from the time of birth, really do … [Read More...]