Because the neocortex is relatively immature until the toddler or preschool period, it stands to reason that young children would have relatively poor long - term memories. (discovermagazine.com)
«What we're learning is that it's sometime during the preschool period that children are developing these eating habits. (sciencedaily.com)
Holub argues that it's in the preschool period that children begin to think not about what their body is telling them, but instead about what their social environment is telling them. (sciencedaily.com)