The effect of culture on the developing brain – article by Eva Gyarmathy



In the past few decades, life has been almost totally transformed due to the immense and ground-breaking technological progress. A significant change in culture brings about significant changes in the functioning of the human nervous system, and thus in human thinking. External stimuli heavily affect the development of abilities throughout an individual’s life. Many of the neurologically based achievement difficulties are the result of the cultural changes, thus we have to follow the changing in the education to lessen the rate of special need children. Beyond the assistive technology ancient methods for the neurological harmonisation can support the development of
the special need children of the digital age.