Growing the Mind

1. Who we become is influenced by our genes, the environment and our experiences

2. The hippocampus is involved with our memories

3. Our storage of memories is being developed in the first few years of ours lives

4. Brain damage can have a major impact on someones life

5. The brain selects what we remember

5.1. It changes all the time

5.2. The brain works depending on how the nerve cells are connected with each other

6. Semantic memory is a memory of facts

6.1. The left temporal lobe is the place where memories and knowledge is stored

7. Reading involves memory, speech, visuals and hearing

8. Genes give you the potential skills to do something, but it is with experience that these skills are developed