{"id":279,"date":"2014-11-17T15:27:46","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T15:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/?p=279"},"modified":"2019-11-17T17:35:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T17:35:48","slug":"babies-are-born-smarter-than-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartcoos.com\/blog\/babies-are-born-smarter-than-you-think\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Brains: Babies Are Born Smarter Than You Think"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/smartcoos.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Smart Coos Editorial Staff<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s going on inside a baby\u2019s head? Are there actual thought processes happening? Parents are often left to wonder these questions. When you look at a helpless baby fumbling around hardly able to do anything, it is hard to&nbsp;imagine that anything is actually going on in there. Well, you may be pleasantly surprised to&nbsp;learn how smart babies are.<\/p>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9289218266222230\" data-ad-slot=\"2581675933\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<p>Babies have an astronomical amount of brain cells at birth\u2014100 to 200 billion according&nbsp;to Dr. Harry Chugani, a pediatric neurobiologist. Some believe this is the most that we will&nbsp;ever have. But of course babies need all of them in the beginning\u2014think of all the feats they&nbsp;master in just one year. They have to be incredibly smart to learn everything they do. Their brain&nbsp;actually doubles in size their first year, not to mention they learn to talk, walk, sit up, eat, and so&nbsp;many other incredible things\u2014in just one year. I know in my adult life, I don\u2019t learn to do that&nbsp;many life changing things in one year. Yes, I may be more independent and think of myself as&nbsp;smarter, but I can\u2019t say I accomplish that much.<\/p>\n<p>From the moment they enter the world, babies\u2019 brains start firing away; they are soaking&nbsp;everything up. With every word we speak and action that we take, they are closely observing&nbsp;and learning, and very soon they are able to copy us.<\/p>\n<p>If they can learn all this in one year, if their brains are that capable, think of everything else&nbsp;they could learn with a little push. With all those neurons and brain growth, the capabilities&nbsp;are real. Rima Shore of the Families and Work Institute says that neuroscientists now agree,&nbsp;\u201cThe most critical learning phase in a person&#8217;s life comes long before starting school\u201d (Shore).&nbsp;Researchers believe that the more neural synapses created in these years, the more that will&nbsp;be retained in their adult lives. Essentially, giving more neural stimulation will create smarter&nbsp;people.<\/p>\n<p>So, what\u2019s going on inside a baby\u2019s head? A whole lot.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Contributed to by Carol Glover<\/em><\/p>\n<p>_______________________________________<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Goodwyn, Susan, Ph.D, and Linda Acredolo, Ph.D. Baby Minds. New York: Bantam, 2000.&nbsp;<\/span>Print.<\/p>\n<p>Shore, Rima. &#8220;Babies Brain: Important Finding.&#8221; N.p., Nov.-Dec. 1997. Web.<\/p>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9289218266222230\" data-ad-slot=\"2581675933\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Smart Coos Editorial Staff What\u2019s going on inside a baby\u2019s head? Are there actual thought processes happening? Parents are often left to wonder these questions. When you look at a helpless baby fumbling around hardly able to do anything, it is hard to&nbsp;imagine that anything is actually going on in there. 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