Page 14 - Unit 3: Brain Building
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Brains are built, not born.





                               The brain starts to develop before birth


                               and carries on into early adulthood.






                                                            Scientists now believe that parts of the


                                                            brain are not fully developed until a


                                                            person is 25 years old.









        Early childhood is an important

        time for brain development.






        During this time, more than a

        million neural connections are


        created every second!
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