• Question: How do we develop brain cells?

    Asked by jodiebowey23 to Damien, Rachael, Simon, Suzi, Tim on 16 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Suzi Gage

      Suzi Gage answered on 16 Jun 2011:

      Hi @jodiebowey23
      As far as I’m aware, when you’re born you have pretty much all the brain cells you’ll ever have, although occasionally other ones can grow.

      You learn and develop your brain by improving the connections between brain cells. This happens when 2 cells fire at the same time, the connection between them gets stronger.

      Hope this answers your question, there are better brain experts than me here so hopefully they can go in to more detail… 🙂

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