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eople are anxious to do everything they can to im- prove their child’s intelli-
gence, yet many are focusing their en- ergy in places where they are not getting the best payoff for it,” says neuroscientist Sandra Aamodt, Ph.D., co-author of Welcome to Your Child’s Brain: How the Mind Grows from Conception to College.
In their new book, Aamodt and
Princeton University Neuroscience Professor Sam Wang try to dispel what they believe are many myths that have
led parents to worry too much about the influence they can have on a child’s cognitive development and in some cases, have led to doing more harm than good.
Aamodt says that genetics and
thousands of years of human evolution have already exerted a heavy influence on a child’s developmental future be- fore he or she is born. In the absence of abuse and neglect, and with good nutri- tion and a stimulating environment, a child’s brain “raises itself” in many ways, the authors maintain. Meanwhile,
by Lisa Marshall
Parents that believe playing Beethoven for their infant, invest- ing in educational videos for their toddler or forcing school- age youngsters to sit still and study for hours will help them to build a better brain have another “think” coming.
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