Play now ` Add to favorite Share Video Nutrition & Learning - Dr. Nora Schneider 1 min watch The impact of nutrition is greater in the foetal and early postnatal period because of the high metabolic demands of the brain at that age. Growing organs are more vulnerable to inadequate supply Brain counterbalances vulnerability by plasticity Author(s): Nora Schneider Nora Schneider Child psychologist & Head of the Neurocognition group, Nestlé Research, Lausanne, Switzerland