Dr. Suzana Herculano-Houzel talks new insights into brain development | UNICEF

In the first years of life, neurons in our brain form new connections at the astounding rate of 700--1000 per second -- a pace that is not repeated again. But when the quality of key factors -- including in our health, nutrition, environment and sources of support -- is poor, child development is seriously affected, sometimes irreversibly.

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Dr. Suzana Herculano-Houzel, a neuroscientist at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, speaks about this critical period of early child development.

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