"Synaptic Exuberance" Watch 9 mo. old Edward Go!

From Krulwich Wonders, an NPR science blog

"He rocks. He rolls. He sucks. He kicks. He tongues. He handles. He flips. He touches. There's not a single item in this living room that 9 month old Charles-Edward (aka Edward) doesn't exploreEdward (son of Quebec City journalist/photographer Francis Vachon) is a rolling demonstration of what the neuroscientists call "synaptic exuberance." You can't see what's happening in his brain, but he is forming ten, twenty thousand new connections every second. Watch him go." (Video below, may take time to load.)

See entire NPR article onKrulwich Wonders, an NPR Science Blog.