What's Going on in There: How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life - Hardcover

Eliot Ph.D., Lise

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0553102745 ISBN 13: 9780553102741

Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1999

Synopsis

A study of how the human brain forms in the first five years of life describes the critical period of development a child goes through and what parents can do to help their children's brains develop.

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About the Author

Lise Eliot is a neurobiologist and assistant professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy at the Chicago Medical School. She received her Ph.D. in neuroscience from Columbia University and has published work in this field in many professional journals. This is her first book. She lives outside Chicago with her husband and three young children.

From the Inside Flap

h neuroscientist, Lise Eliot has made the study of the human brain her life's work. But it wasn't until she was pregnant with her first child that she became intrigued with the study of brain development.

She wanted to know precisely how the baby's brain is formed, and when and how each sense, skill, and cognitive ability is developed. And just as important, she was interested in finding out how her role as a nurturer can affect this complex process. How much of her baby's development is genetically ordained--and how much is determined by environment? Is there anything parents can do to make their babies' brains work better--to help them become smarter, happier people?

Drawing upon the exploding research in this field as well as the stories of real children, What's Going On in There? is a lively and thought-provoking book that charts the brain's development from conception through the critical first five years.

In examining the many factors that play

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0553102745
• ISBN 13: 9780553102741
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 533