A newborn baby cannot speak, it sees almost nothing, and controlled movements of its arms and legs are minimal. From birth onwards, however, rapid learning occurs associated with significant changes in the brain, which are both cause and effect of this learning process.
Let the sunshine in
How would we manage, if we could not visualise three-dimensional objects from flat two-dimensional diagrams? An amazing feat our brain performs. What role does pre-determined programming play in this? That is related to how the sun shines on us.
Nature and nurture: congenital and acquired
Is it Nature or Nurture, congenital or acquired? The answer is actually quite simple: everything is Nature and Nurture. The structure of the brain determines what we can learn and what we learn determines the structure of the brain.