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How the Brain Develops Part 3

Let’s say you start a new hobby - skateboarding.

At the start, the electrical signals would be slow. It would be hard

to balance and move your body in the right way.

Your reactions may be

slower than people who

have skateboarded for

years.

You may keep falling.

If you practised again and again, the part

of your brain used for balancing would

become denser – there would be thicker

brain circuits and more of them.

It would start to feel easier to balance and

move your body in the right way.

This is because the electrical signals would

be stronger and faster.

You will have shaped your brain for skateboarding!

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