From Neurons to Neighborhoods

By Deborah A. Phillips (editor), Jack P. Shonkoff (editor),

Book cover of From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development

Book description

How we raise young children is one of today's most highly personalized and sharply politicized issues, in part because each of us can claim some level of "expertise." The debate has intensified as discoveries about our development-in the womb and in the first months and years-have reached the popular media.…

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1 author picked From Neurons to Neighborhoods as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

What are the biggest impacts on a child’s development? This book takes a close look at both nature (genetics) and nurture (the environment). I find that this book is an informative review of what we have learned about early brain development. The influence of experience and culture on the developing child is looked at through the development of the brain. After reading this book, you will have a renewed understanding of just how critical the early years of child development are. It is easy to see that this is a time of extraordinary growth and change and your role as…

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