Cognitive processes and neuroscientific epistemology

Developmental psychology analyzes the fundamental lines of study useful to explore the ways in which children represent reality. Specifically, considerable importance has been given to Piaget's model and the teory of Vygotskij. Today, neuroscience makes it possible to understand how the human brain learns such complex elements so quickly and from an early age. A long list of other data on behavioral and structural-physiological experiments highlights the fundamental role of activity in the formation of neuronal circuits and their adaptation to their function during the early postnatal stages. New experiences and new learning, and thus educational factors, can adjust the effectiveness of connections between nerve cells, intervening in the process of structural and functional modification of the brain. Much research indicates that there is a significant relationship between early experience and brain function.