Childhood Experiences Modify the Brain

Experts have often claimed that childhood experiences have an important influence on the rest of your life. Today, neuroscience corroborates this fact. Isabel Pérez-Otaño is a researcher at the Institute of Neurosciences UMH-CSIC in Alicante (Spain). She claims that childhood experiences leave a mark on the rest of your life. She further states that, although some aspects are modified over time, these first experiences produce long-term patterns. Pérez-Otaño states that the early years, up to adolescence, are a critical stage in brain development. However, childhood experiences are even more decisive. This is because the brain is like a computer without…