The book Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development, published more than a decade ago by the National Academy of Sciences,&nbsp;begins by acknowledging that, from conception to the first day of kindergarten, the pace of development exceeds “that of any subsequent stage of life.” That development “is shaped by a dynamic and continuous interaction between biology and experience.”
这并非新鲜结论。十多年前国家科学院（National Academy of Science）出版的《邻域中的神经元：早期儿童发育的科学》（Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development）开宗明义地承认，从怀孕到进入幼儿园的第一天，这段时间的发育速度超过“此后生命中的任何一个阶段”。发育“由生理和经验的动态而持续的交互决定”。