Understanding Child Brain Development: Impulsivity & Memory #shorts

Added: 2026-06-06

[00:00:00]These kids are impulsive, meaning they are not thinking about what they're doing.

[00:00:03]>> Well, they literally don't have the brain capacity to do that yet. Impulse and inhibition or stopping impulsive thoughts or impulsive behaviors is is the prefrontal cortex and they're still growing there. It's literally their brain is still functionally getting bigger.

[00:00:17]So, they don't have that in their hardware yet.

[00:00:19]>> Yeah, their ability to sort of think through things or you know, sort of think about the consequences of their actions. Stop, pause, that reflect.

[00:00:26]That's not working memory. So, your you know, ability to sort of like remember to do multi-step things like being able to hear your parent say like put on your PJs, you know, go brush your teeth and get in bed. Like that kind of thing is is challenging for a three to five-year-old.