In recent years, various neurological and psychological studies have shown that the period from birth to age five constitutes a window of opportunity for social growth, emotional and cognitive that will not be reproduced at later stages of development. In Articles: Early Childhood Development Science Bridging Gap Between What We Know and What We Do and Newsweek article, Your Child's Brain, Neurologist Provides Data That Early Brain Development , from birth to five years, will shape the rest of a child's life. . Focusing on early childhood brain development is a crucial part of building a better society. Although genes play an important role in early childhood development, environment plays an even more important role. In fact, it is the mutual connections of nature and nurture that shape the growing brain. Genes are responsible for functions such as breathing, controlling heart rate, regulating body temperature and producing reflexes, etc. A child's environment shapes his or her social, emotional, and cognitive health. The journal of the Center on Child Development at Harvard University, The Science of Early Childhood Development Closing the Gap Between What We Know and What We Do, has conducted decades of brain research that proves that from birth at the age of five is the basis for a child to have a happy life. , healthy life. A child's environment and early experiences will have a profound impact, good or bad, on his or her life. When a baby is born, the neurons, not built by genes, start up like a new computer before the preloaded software, the rest comes from the environment. Scientists believe that the fundamental design of the brain begins before birth and continues through maturity. "During the first years of life, 700 new neuronal connections are created...... middle of paper ......gh-Nobar, T. and Braveman, P. (2008). Early childhood experiences lay the foundation for lifelong health. (Information note 1: Early childhood experiences and health no. 2012). Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America. do I: http://www.commissiononhealth.org/Publications.aspx. (Information note 1: Early childhood experiences and health)Gardner, H.,. (1983). States of mind: The theory of multiple intelligences. New York: Basic Books. Helding, L. (2009). Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences. Journal of Singing, 66(2), 193-199. Shonkoff, J.P., M.D. (2007). The Science of Early Childhood Development: Bridging the Gap Between What We Know and What We Do - Centered on Child Development - Harvard University The National Science Council on Child Development, 2012-1 -16. do I: http://www.developingchild.harvard.edu