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Stop using recreational drugs such as marijuana and cocaine. Brain development is an organized, predetermined, and highly dynamic multistep process that continues beyond birth into the postnatal period, well into adolescence in humans. From birth to age 5, a childs brain develops more, and more rapidly, than at any other time in life. A childs early home environment has longterm effects on. Brain and development issn 03877604 is the official journal of the japanese society of child neurology, and is aimed to promote clinical child neurology and developmental neuroscience. In conclusion, the brain development of children from 06 years is a complex process that we are constantly learning more about. This study tells us books that name multiple individual characters, animals, or objects may lead to higher quality shared book reading experiences, and result in learning and brain development.
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