Humans start asking questions as early as 10 months old. However, it is more with body language. We verbally start asking questions between two to three years of age. The questions progress from simple "what" questions to "why" and "how" questions at the age of four. This suggests that we develop an intellectual wonder at quite an early age. But we ask the questions about society and the world itself at the onset of adolescence.
Adolescence is the transitional period between childhood and adulthood, and it is both a physical and mental process to undergo. During adolescence, the brain develops many more synapses, which are a junction between two nerve cells, consisting of a minute gap across which impulses pass by diffusion of a neurotransmitter. When they develop, they are wrapped in a fiber that allows impulses to travel at greater speeds. In other words, it is the start of true intellectual wonder about society and the world around us. With this and our changing environment that teens live in, it is a nurturing time and place to allow intellectual questions to flourish.
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| Trillions of synapses are located throughout the brain. |
This next week I am going to study emotions and how the brain controls them. More interesting things to come!
Until Next Week,
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Im just trying to clarify.
ReplyDeleteWith these impluses is this the "thing" in the brain that helps us process things are greater speeds? Or is that something else? and if so what is it
that allows us to process all of our thoughts?