[Nurturing the brain: the proposed approach].
We studied the development of the brain of ducklings and rat pups. The results of the experiments highlighted the essential importance of nurturing human brains: 1. Human relationship and communication are essential factors for survival. 2. New-born babies are tightly linked to signals from their mothers and surroundings, which are converted into the information for survival in their later development. 3. The brain is self-organized according to two genetically determined principles: output-driven operation and memory-based architecture.
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Brainway Group, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Saitama. gen@brain.riken.go.jp
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D004372:Ducks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008149:Love; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D051381:Rats