Sentences with phrase «cognitive growth occurs»

Cognitive growth occurs throughout our lifespans.

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Children were often viewed simply as small versions of adults and little attention was paid to the many advances in cognitive abilities, language usage, and physical growth that occur during childhood and adolescence.

While cognitive growth also plays an important role in this progression, a great deal of social and emotional growth also occurs during middle childhood.

As it happens, both young men and women experience a growth spurt in adolescence that is second only to the rapid growth that occurs in the first year of life.2 With the onset of puberty come increases in height, weight and bone mass; cognitive changes; and reproductive maturation.3 Adolescent boys gain more in bone size and mass than adolescent girls.3 To support this intensive and multifaceted period of growth, the total nutrient needs of adolescents are higher than at any other life stage.