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| 16.38 | Human mind: specialised brain sections | |
| When a baby is born, two of its three brains are well established- its CYTO brain and its ORGO brain. | ||
| The CYTO Brain centered around the brain stem and the spinal column is already carefully tuned ready to do battle with each and every kind of pathogen it encounters. | ||
| The ORGO Brain is already regulating organs and performing its specialized functions. | ||
| However, the COGNO brain, the cortex or "top" areas of the brain are only roughly mapped out- with plenty of available and potential neural wires, but limited hard wiring. As a result, when a baby is born it can see and hear, smell and respond to touch but only in a limited fashion. | ||
| 16.38 | The burst of neural network connections of the cortex of a new born baby | |
| In the visual cortex of the COGNO brain undergoes a phenomenal change during the first few months of birth of a new born child. The number of synapse (connections) between neurons rises from around 2,000 to as many as 18,000 by age of six months. | ||
| This hard wiring of visual information corresponds to a babies growing familiarity with the particular shapes and even colours that are important in its domain. | ||
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