Health Sciences 2700A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Cerebral Cortex, Corpus Callosum, Reticular Formation
9 Apr 2020
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Chapter 7: physical and cognitive development in early childhood. Changes in height and weight happen far more slowly in the preschool years than in infancy. Each year from age 2 to adolescence, the child adds about 5-8 centimetres in height and. Research discovered that children who exhibit higher motor activity levels demonstrate a significantly better ability to control or inhibit their behaviour children"s extraneous motor activity is an. Children"s motor activity levels increase important form of purposeful, exploratory behaviour linearly with age and tend to peak between. Fine motor skills also improve in these years, but not to the same level of confidence as major motor skills. The brain and nervous system which will not be cortex adults pace than in infancy hemispheres of the cerebral cortex. Brain growth, synapse formation, and myelinization continue in early childhood, but at a slower. Lateralization: the process through which brain functions are divided between the two.
