The Brain: A Complex System

The brain is a very complex system. As our body changes through the years, so does our brain. When we are infants, our brains are reworking. As we learn, make memories, use our reflexes, and develop basic survival skills. The brain is growing incredibly rapidly during these early years. Are neurons are getting bigger, and are working more efficiently. Causing us to gain connection between hearing to vision. Near the end of the early stages, you would be two years old, and your brain will be about 80 percent of its adult size. Once you reach the middle of your childhood, your brain is about 85 percent developed. Your brain changed when it started to learn intellect, personality and motor and social skills. As a child some parts of your brain are strengthened and others begin to fade away and die because we have
Near the middle and end of your 30s, your memory will begin to slip because of the number neurons it has lost. Making it more time consuming for you to learn new things or memorize words or names.This process will continue on as you age. Now that you are in your mid 40s to late 50s many skills will begin to slow down, such as memory and verbal fluency while your moral decision making, regulating emotions and reading social situations will have improved. In your 60s your brain will have started to shrink in size. Since you have gained a lifetime knowledge, your brain is slowly becoming less efficient. This puts you at the risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease. In your 70s and 80s, the risk of Alzheimer’s disease will increase as you and age and your brains changes with you. In conclusion, from when you are infants to now elderly our brain never stops changing. As you experience the new stage so does your