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Infants’ bodies grow rapidly, but the most dramatic changes during infancy are much less visible. All of the developments in infants’ physical and mental capacities are influenced by the changes that occur in the brain. At birth, the brain is about 25% of its adult weight, and it grows rapidly throughout infancy, reaching about 70% of its adult weight by 2 years of age (Lyall et al., 2015). As the brain develops, it becomes larger and more complex.