Setting the Context: Brian Blossoming and Sculpting

1. Brain plasticity

1.1. The ability of the brain to continue to develop normally even after significant changes to brain structure

2. synaptic loss and neural pruning are essential to fostering our emerging brain

3. Why is our brain development unique

3.1. We are unique in that our brains grown mostly after birth

3.2. our brain continues to mature for 2 decades