JoAnn Deak: Findings on Brain Development in the First Five Years in Life | 92Y Parenting & Family

Published 2012-11-21
92Y.org/WonderplayConference | During the last presentation at the Wonderplay™ Early Childhood Education Conference, Dr. Deak gave an interesting talk on the latest findings on brain development in the first five years of lIfe which have been dubbed the formative years for a very long time. Brain research is supporting and adding nuance to this nomenclature. These first five years are a time of huge plasticity and what is done strengthens and grows those areas and has a lifelong impact. Conversely, areas not used well often shrink or 'prune' and can cause issues for a lifetime.

All Comments (21)
  • @lielou1016
    the best lecture ever on brain research for early years care /education!!!
  • Good work! Plenty of usefull info for everyday life in an 1hour video! Not to underestimate the scientific research behind it...
  • @maryk5917
    Thank you for access to this talk. Excellent content and presentation style.
  • @megb1985
    I gave the link to this video to my uni lecturer, as this helped me really understand development in a way nothing else has. I was able to link back to almost everything I've learned so far. Thank you.
  • This is, by far, the best lecture on child's brain development...
  • You changed my life and gave me the insight I needed to raise four step kids and two of my own. I love your research.
  • @rb7454
    Excellent coverage of research. Clearly she is passionate about child brain development ❤
  • @filliamfuffman
    I’ll just pace around the auditorium during a lecture if you don’t mind.
  • @LairOTech
    Haha, I like you technical suggestion. Other people would just say "increase the volume".
  • @eltrasimaco
    Great article, but football players have quite good positioning & distance & perspective neurons and that's a good thing indeed, isn't it?
  • @luminyam6145
    Can you imagine how we could change the world if we paid our early childhood employees 500k and invested heavily in lower teacher child ratios?
  • @missfeliss3628
    They literally all have perfect English in the Netherlands....... They learn it in elementary school... I went there and people were offended that I even asked if they spoke English... They answered of course with indignancy
  • "They don't speak English in the Netherlands??????!!" when was that? The 50s? Dutch are one of the most multilingual countries there are.
  • @romestant
    With the inherent differences, should there be differenciated education for boys and girls?
  • @FIDIOT-cringe
    We should have the kids put on plays. Like act out stories from history and literature. So "Homework" is learning lines. The sports leaning kids could do something sporty. Make science more like Bill Nye. Bcz we are not going to be able to reign them back in. They call a record player a vinyl player. My internet was a set of encyclopedias, and downloading was holding a cassette tape recorder up to a radio. They're WAY more smarter than us. Cat's out of the bag. We have to make real life more compelling than the screen.
  • @fidlaf1
    I still believe that geniuses are made not born. Every child born has the greater potential that Leonardo DaVince had. I stick to this theory because I know of a few kids that from birth had been mold to be geniuses. Stay tune about the future of those kids. They are still to young to see what is going to happen to this kids in years to come. Right now everybody that observe this kids, thinks they are different super intelligent, highly capable. This kids before the age of 2 years old, they knew how to read, write, amazing skills on math. By the age of 3 years old, they know biology like a high school students. They know physics and chemistry. Have you seen a 3 year old that knows all the 118 elements of the periodic table with their atomic number. Well this kids know it all. This kids have been in an enrich environment full of love, with lots of fun activities. We use music lots of music to open, expand and make connections with every part of their brain. So far this theory is working for this kids. So yes we still believe that geniuses are made.