y experiences can have a dramatic effect on synapse formation (Porter, 2003. By age three months, the brain can potentially distinguish several hundred spoken sounds, and over the next few months the brain organizes itself to recognize only the sounds it hears. Throughout early childhood, the brain retains the ability to discriminate sounds it has discarded, so it is easy for young children to learn different languages. After age 10, some of the brainÆs plasticity is lost, and though children can still learn new languages, but it takes more effort.
From early infancy to early childhood, these vital connections are made permanent, and as the child matures, the brain changes physically because of outside influences (Porter, 2003). The first three years bring about the most rapid changes in life because of the bombardment of experience, and at this time the brain is still very flexible and prepared to learn. Input from all the five senses build up connections in the brain. There is evidence that people with exceptional skills in areas such as math,
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