The brain of a newborn baby is not yet fully developed. The baby starts learning from the moment he or she comes out of the womb. It can be assumed that the level of development of the brain of a baby at the time of birth is at the same level of  development of other organs in the body of the baby. The hands of a baby at birth for example, are fully developed and they only grow in size and strength through out life. However, even though the brain of a baby at birth has developed the basic infrastructure of nerve network, it is only in the beginning of a long developmental process. The brain, different from the other organs in the body is a unique organ with a slow and almost long-life development. Therefore, any slight interference in the natural delicate process of the maturation of the brain can leave its permanent mark for the rest of the life of a baby.

Our brain can be compared to an electro-chemical network or circuit. Any piece of information that we learn creates a new expansion of a new electo-chemical wire in the existing network. This wire has to be connected to another wire/s and to an existing network.  Any formation of a new connection demands rechecking of the network to see if there is a need for changes in the other connections, so it does not lead to a short circuit. This means that the system always changes and updates itself.

The following pages review and explain the brain network:

• The structure of the brain.

• Developmental processes in the brain.

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