The process of brain development differs from the well-balanced body. Research data from Tohoku University’s Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer (IDAC), examined the age of children and blood flow in the brain and found that the brain develops mainly from the back to the front.
The human brain develops from the occipital lobe where it first “sees” things and the temporal lobe, which has the function of “listening” develops at the same time. It is thought that this is because humans develop from the areas necessary for humans to survive as animals, such as “seeing” and “listening.”
The last to develop is the frontal lobe, which works like a human being and it is said that the prefrontal cortex, which exerts human-like abilities such as communication, memory and emotions, is the slowest and continues to grow until about 20 years old.
However, despite its completion, the prefrontal cortex is the last to begin with age-related brain atrophy.
As we get older, the functions of the “seeing” and “listening” brain regions are retained until the end even if there is some decline. It is said that the characteristic of the human brain is that it breaks down from the area where it exerts human-like abilities.