Babies' brains 'tick' more slowly than ours, which may help them learn

Babies' brains'tick' more slowly than ours, which may help them learn The rhythm of an infant's brain activity seems to put them in constant learning mode, whereas that of an adult may allow them to retrieve conceptual knowledge Babies' brains operate at a different rhythm to those of adults When a baby tries to make sense of what they have seen, their brain activity seems to tick at a slower rhythm than it does in adults, which may help them to continually learn new concepts. Our brain processes sensory stimuli using networks of neurons. If a neuron receives a strong enough signal from another neuron, it transmits the signal to more neurons still, producing synchronised waves of electrical activity where many neurons alternate between activated and silent states. Such brainwaves occur at various frequencies. When a given brain region displays a range of frequencies simultaneously, a higher proportion of its neurons may synchronise with certain frequencies more than others.