• Question: I think what your doing with the prize money is great and how does your brain grow

    Asked by Lionne to Sonia on 6 Nov 2018.
    • Photo: Sonia Lenehan

      Sonia Lenehan answered on 6 Nov 2018:

      Hi Lionne, Thank you very much! When you are in the womb all the cells come together and build your spinal cord and your brain. Food helps provide energy for this and when you are born your brain continues to grow as you learn new things! A baby’s brain weighs about 400g while and adult brain weighs about 1400g so there is a lot of growing that needs to be done! This is a great website that talks about the cells that need to grow in the brain! https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/dev.html

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