Human Growth and Development / Unit 3 HGD 0323 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Plasticity
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The idea
Plasticity is the brain's capacity to change physically and chemically with experience and to compensate for injury, greatest in early childhood.
In practice
Young children learning new speech sounds faster than adults, and recovering well after epilepsy surgery.
Where people slip
The same openness makes the infant brain more vulnerable to harm, the other side of plasticity.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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