Building a better brain
Jul. 24th, 2006 08:48 amEx-Lemmingworks. ##.
Building a better brain | Science Blog
The piece… doesn’t just ease parents’ toy-buying decisions - it lays out the scientific basis for why helping all kids have the best early experiences is good economic policy.
Their argument is based on work from the diverse fields of economics, neurobiology, developmental psychology and public policy. Working independently, the four authors each came to the conclusion that the earliest years of life forever shape an adult’s ability to learn.