Brain Development Timeline
Our brains continue growing and changing throughout life. To learn more about changes in the brain during different periods of development, click on the images above.
Brain-Building Tip of the Month
Give your child a clean plastic bottle during bath time and let them explore. They might push it under the water, fill it up, or let it float. As they try new ideas, ask, “what do you think will happen?”. Children love seeing how their actions cause change.
Research in Brief
Learning Activities and Screen Time. A Finnish study found that children who accumulated more screen time tended to show better cognitive processing in adolescence, especially when screen activities involved learning, creativity, or problem‑solving. Physical activity showed sex‑specific effects, with girls benefiting from more light‑intensity movement and boys from guided, structured activity. Unexpectedly, lower levels of unsupervised exercise were linked to better cognitive processing. The study provides evidence that both screen use and physical activity influence developing brains in complex ways and that balance is critical.
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