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How does neurobiological development constrain cognitive development! Neurobiological and cognitive developments are both integral to the growth of the human being. Neurobiological development is to do with brain development from prenatal through to postnatal periods as well as visual, auditory and motor development during the same periods and beyond. Cognitive development on the other hand is concerned with intellectual growth from infancy to adulthood. However neurobiological development has a profound effect on cognitive development and can place constraints upon it. Most cognitive developmental stages, especially as outlined by Jean Piaget, are dependent to some extent on neurobiological developments and can therefore at times and under certain circumstances also be constrained by them. Schemas are patterns of behaviour of linked behaviour which a child can generalise and use in a variety of different situations. Newborns begin life with a limited range of in-built reactions such as sucking, swallowing and orienting responses. These...

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