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<strong>Teach<strong>in</strong>g</strong> with <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bra<strong>in</strong></strong> <strong>in</strong> M<strong>in</strong>d<br />
FIGURE 3.2<br />
Rapid Pace of Prenatal <strong>Bra<strong>in</strong></strong> Development<br />
may end up emotionally corrupt. Even a parent’s<br />
gestures are important (Thal, Tobias, and Morrison<br />
1991). “This is when <strong>the</strong> primary caregiver plays<br />
back <strong>the</strong> proper and critical emotional responses,”<br />
says psychiatrist Daniel Stern (Begley 1996).<br />
We now understand that <strong>the</strong> first 48 months<br />
of life are critical to <strong>the</strong> bra<strong>in</strong>’s development. While<br />
20<br />
40 days 50 days 100 days<br />
5 months 6 months 7 months<br />
8 months 9 months<br />
researchers have always known that <strong>in</strong>fant development<br />
was important, <strong>the</strong>y never knew just how<br />
important. Wayne State neurobiologist Harry<br />
Chugani says <strong>the</strong> experiences of <strong>the</strong> first year “can<br />
completely change <strong>the</strong> way a person turns out”<br />
(Kotulak 1996, p. 46). But more often than not <strong>in</strong><br />
today’s world, <strong>the</strong> first few years are spent <strong>in</strong> a
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