The rise of early education is closely related to the research progress of human nervous system, especially cranial nerve development in the medical field. In recent years, the research of neurology and brain science has found that the development of cranial nerves closely related to human intelligence is not only in the embryonic stage, but also lasts for three years after birth, and the proliferation of glial cells in the brain can last until the age of 2 or 3.
Neurons in the cerebral cortex stop differentiating, which shows that education at the age of 0-3 can change the structure of the human brain and provide a physiological and material basis for the feasibility of early education.
On the other hand, the brain in infancy has strong plasticity, and purposeful stimulation and education can enhance and change the function of brain cells, and even restore or replace some lost functions, but this must happen in the early life, especially in the period of 0-3 years old.
Psychologists' research also found that the critical period of human intelligence development is 0-3 years old. American psychologist Bloom believes that 50% of human intelligence is formed before the age of 4, another 30% is formed at the age of 8, and the remaining 20% is completed at the age of 17.
It can be seen that early education from the age of 0 is of great significance to people's intellectual development. If heredity provides the basis of human intelligence, then early educational experience determines the actual structure of the brain.