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Lise Eliot is an American neuroscientist and professor at the Chicago Medical School of Rosalind Franklin University. Her research focuses on brain and gender development, and she is known for her accessible writing on neuroscience for general audiences.
Known for: What's Going On in There?: How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life
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What's Going On in There?: How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life
This book explores how a child's brain develops from conception through the first five years of life. Drawing on neuroscience and developmental psychology, Lise Eliot explains how early experiences shape cognitive, emotional, and social growth, offering insights for parents and educators on nurturing healthy brain development.
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Prenatal Brain Development
The story of the brain begins before birth. Within three weeks of conception, a tiny neural tube starts to fold and segment, giving rise to the structures that will eventually become the brain and spinal cord. By the end of the first trimester, millions of neurons are being generated every minute. T...
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Birth and Sensory Awakening
Birth is perhaps the most radical transformation a human being undergoes. A baby enters a world of dazzling light, intricate sound, and touch—the first sensory flood that sets the brain into motion. As I write, every sensory experience forms a stimulus for synaptic growth. Neural circuits that were ...
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About Lise Eliot
Lise Eliot is an American neuroscientist and professor at the Chicago Medical School of Rosalind Franklin University. Her research focuses on brain and gender development, and she is known for her accessible writing on neuroscience for general audiences.
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