In the blog we talk frequently about the impact that the first years of life, and even pregnancy, have on the life of the human being. A very interesting study on neurobiology has yielded scientific arguments about how First years of life, are also crucial for memory and learning.
Researchers have found that in the first years of life of humans there is a massive migration of cells to the cerebral cortex, which serves to increase the number of new neurons in a crucial area for memory and learning.
Any alteration of this migratory circuit described in the first years of life until approximately eight years of age could be the cause of diseases and neuronal disorders, such as schizophrenia, autism or hyperactivity.
Imagine a path of ants that have to move from one place to another organized in a row. Suddenly they bump into a pebble, the row falls apart and the ants cling. Well, the same goes for cells. An alteration in migration could cause problems.
In the study they found that it is only in the first years of life when there is a massive migration of cells to the cerebral cortex, increasing the storage capacity of information and increasing memory and learning capacity. They have also found a new migration route from the lateral ventricles to the frontal cortex, responsible for cognitive abilities, emotional processes and space perception.
The next steps to investigate would be to identify potential alterations in this migration route in children and discover how to enhance this migration and manage to direct it towards other specific areas of the brain.
For now, what we know is that The first years of life are crucial for memory and learningTherefore, it is essential to stimulate the child from birth, and even since he is in the womb.
Through the stimulation of the senses that you receive from your environment you will keep an active mind, which causes the neurons to connect with each other, creating new neural networks as the child grows. After four years he will have 1,000 billion neural connections, the largest in his entire life.
