How does the brain develop and change across childhood? This domain covers the neuroscience and practice of child development, focusing on the brain's capacity to form integrated networks and respond to experience. The concepts here ground everyday parenting in the developmental neuroscience that explains why certain practices matter and how ordinary moments shape long-term character and capability. ## Concepts - [[Neural Integration]]: the structural concept of differentiated brain regions linked into a working whole - [[Neuroplasticity]]: the brain's malleability in response to experience; the mechanism of developmental influence