- Paperback: 533 pages
- Publisher: Bantam USA (1 Mar 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0553378252
- ISBN-13: 978-0553378252
- Product Dimensions: 15.5 x 3.7 x 23.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 314,959 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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As a research neuroscientist, Lise Eliot has made the study of the human brain her life's work. But it wasn't until she was pregnant with her first child that she became intrigued with the study of brain development. She wanted to know precisely how the baby's brain is formed, and when and how each sense, skill, and cognitive ability is developed. And just as important, she was interested in finding out how her role as a nurturer can affect this complex process. How much of her baby's development is genetically ordained--and how much is determined by environment? Is there anything parents can do to make their babies' brains work better--to help them become smarter, happier people? Drawing upon the exploding research in this field as well as the stories of real children, What's Going On in There? is a lively and thought-provoking book that charts the brain's development from conception through the critical first five years. In examining the many factors that play crucial roles in that process, What's Going On in There? explores the evolution of the senses, motor skills, social and emotional behaviors, and mental functions such as attention, language, memory, reasoning, and intelligence. This remarkable book also discusses:
how a baby's brain is "assembled" from scratch
the critical prenatal factors that shapebrain development
how the birthing process itself affects the brain
which forms of stimulation are most effective at promoting cognitive development
how boys' and girls' brains develop differently
how nutrition, stress, and other physical and social factors can permanently affect a child's brain
Brilliantly blending cutting-edge science with a mother's wisdom and insight, What's Going On in There? is an invaluable contribution to the nature versus nurture debate. Children's development is determined both by the genes they are born with and the richness of their early environment. This timely and important book shows parents the innumerable ways in which they can actually help their children grow better brains.
how a baby's brain is "assembled" from scratch
the critical prenatal factors that shapebrain development
how the birthing process itself affects the brain
which forms of stimulation are most effective at promoting cognitive development
how boys' and girls' brains develop differently
how nutrition, stress, and other physical and social factors can permanently affect a child's brain
Brilliantly blending cutting-edge science with a mother's wisdom and insight, What's Going On in There? is an invaluable contribution to the nature versus nurture debate. Children's development is determined both by the genes they are born with and the richness of their early environment. This timely and important book shows parents the innumerable ways in which they can actually help their children grow better brains.
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"With impressive depth and clarity, Eliot...offers a comprehensive overview of current scientific knowledge about infant and early childhood brain development...Popular science at its best."
--Publishers Weekly, starred review
--Publishers Weekly, starred review
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Indepth look at development of a fetus to baby,
By sweetnativewoman (Buckinghamshire, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: What's Going on in There? (Paperback)
I am impressed with the knowledge contained in this book. It isn't a recent publication, but the information is still worth while. This book is for parents who want an indepth look at how the brain develops, the effects of maternal experiences has on the fetus/baby and how it will affect the baby at birth. So far I have read the first 100 pages and it is very interesting. If my 4 month old would give me more time to read, I would have the book done. It is quite technical so it isn't for everyone but very worth the money to read.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Getting a view of where that littlle one is coming from,
By dolana@iol.ie (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: What's Going on in There: How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life (Hardcover)
This is the American edition but was the only one actually published at time of order. It still arrived to the door within 2 days. We got it to see where the 21 month toddler is coming from and it certainly does that. It doesnt pretend to be a Noddy's guide and its scientifically impressive. It could be a bit offputting, but if you have read any popular science stuff, it isnt. If you haven't read any, its a good start as the subject matter is a bit closer to home than the cosmos, evolution theory or the like. The focus really is on the child and not in an abstract way but with a focus on real examples. Any parent will be going "oh right, now I see" within pages. Because the science part is so clearly written by an involved mother, the conclusions and opinions it carries have a lot of weight. I hadn't realised that there would be so much prebirth material in as the title would suggest otherwise, but its still fascinating stuff.You wont read it at a sitting but will come back to it again and again.
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4.5 out of 5 stars (164 customer reviews) 216 of 219 people found the following review helpful:
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an excellent resource for parents, grandparents and teachers,
By audrey - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: What's Going on in There? (Paperback)
Subtitled 'How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life' and written by a neuroscientist mother of three, this book benefits as much from its organization as the material it presents. Research, supplemented with anecdotes, is divided into chapters based on sense or function and then detailed chronologically within each section. Chapters include: The Basic Biology of Brain Development; How Birth Affects the Brain; The Importance of Touch; The Early World of Smell; Taste, Milk, and the Origins of Food Preference; Wiring Up the Visual Brain; How Hearing Evolves; Motor Milestones; Social-Emotional Growth; The Experience of Memory; Language and the Developing Brain; How Intelligence Grows in the Brain; Nature, Nurture, and Sex Differences in Intellectual Development; How to Raise a Smarter Child.This is one of those books you should write in -- underline, highlight, take notes -- because if you are indeed interested in using this information to understand your child's progressive developmental changes, you will be referring to it often. The author presents a lot of research material in accessible language and style, but the book is dense and is not a day-to-day how-to guide. You will not read about colic or how to tell a cold from the flu, but you will learn why your four-month old prefers a little salt in her mashed potatoes or why most of us can't recall anything that happened before we were three-and-a-half years old. Because there is a lot of information, this is not one of the easiest books you will ever read, but it is eminently worthwhile. The author not only synopsizes a lot of research for us, but also defines the limits of research and/or those issues which are still under debate or not yet fully understood, and discusses the evolutionary implications of various developmental changes. A Notes section details sources so you can follow up in areas in which you're particularly interested. (With 458 Notes, I'm not sure why one reviewer criticized the book for lack of documentation.) A thorough index. This book seems to benefit as much from good editing as exemplary authorship. 109 of 112 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting, but not what I expected from the description,
By Clicker - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: What's Going on in There? (Paperback)
I'll briefly mention that like many other reviewers, my book totally fell apart before I even read half of it. But that's not the author's fault.
I had expected this book to be a year-by-year description from birth through age 5 of how a child's mind develops and how parents can nurture that development. I was quite wrong. This book covers a lot of in utero development from conception through about the seventh month of pregnancy and it touches on how long after birth these processes take to refine. The book also devotes a lot of attention to toxins and how they can affect the embryo or fetus. There is a break down of the five senses and how functional they are during pregnancy and infancy. The book reads much like biology and physiology textbooks I had in school. It also sites many studies using rats, monkeys, cats and children. If you are not interested in biology or the related research, you may have a difficult time staying with this book. I do find biology interesting and I had to force myself to read certain sections. As I mentioned, I expected something far different than what I read in this book. I found about thirty pages of the first sixteen chapters and most of the seventeenth chapter had information that I could apply to the nuturing and development of my child. The book demonstrated that half of a child's IQ is inherited and half can be nutured by getting directly involved with your child and his/her activities. This advice is not just for infants and toddlers. The author suggests staying involved through the teen years too. It also expressed that breastfed babies score about six points higher on IQ tests than babies who are not breastfed. One other interesting point - first born children are smarter than their siblings. This is because they learn from teaching the younger child as opposed to the common belief that the younger child learns from the older one. If you are interested in reading this book, I suggest doing so before or during your pregnancy. There is information you might find useful even before conception. 157 of 164 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A fascinating book and very informative to read,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: What's Going on in There? (Paperback)
In this book, Lise Eliot goes in depth discussing current scientific knowledge about infant and early childhood brain development. I found this book very interesting to read. I would recommend this book who is interested or is researching/studying child development or how a child's brain and mind develops in the 1st five years. The book is very well written and quite easy to read. There were some medical terminology I didn't understand so I look it up in a medical book. Some of the many things discussed in this book are:How the brain is developed Prenatal risk factors The special benefits of breast milk for brain development What newborns can hear Infant walkers don't help infants walk How to encourage a baby's motor development Stress, attachment, and brain development How the brain store memories? Language in the 1st eighteen months The role of genes The role of environment The chapters in the book are: Chapter 2 The Basic Biology of Brain Development Chapter 13 The Emergence of Memory |
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