Knowing exactly how a child's brain develops from birth to adulthood is a project that began in 1999 by the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Children of various races that belong to different geographical areas and different strata of society are involved, it is a large database that will allow us to know more accurately the answer to different questions, to know why one child performs more on an intellectual level than another , how does the family environment, the environment, diseases, etc. influence?
As this project progresses, new data are obtained that are incorporated into the base, but some of the first conclusions resulting from the study have already been published in the digital journal Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society.
The study is done by taking pictures of children's brains periodically until they turn 18, these images are obtained through magnetic resonance. The published data correspond to the study carried out on 385 children 6 years and older, a set of brain photographs and different tests where intelligence, sociability, dexterity, etc. have been evaluated, have served to obtain some answers. The social level in which a child is found greatly influences his intelligence and the behavioral problems are greater compared to children belonging to a higher social stratum. With respect to other functions, memory, verbal fluency or sex difference, no significant differences were found.
We focused on this issue, previously several studies appeared that indicated that the social level had a significant influence on the child. Gradually a large database is being formed that shows what aspects have a significant influence on brain development and how those that are negative can be changed.
In the not too distant future, problems that affect the brain development of children can be tackled more effectively, so the studies do not cease, which in the long term we hope will bear fruit. We recommend you read the publication about it in El Mundo.
