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Scientists describe brain development as being ‘caudal to rostral’. Caudal comes from the Latin word 'caudum', which means tail, and rostral from the Latin 'rostrum', which means animal snout or beak. What this means is that our brains develop from the bottom upwards, with areas that control things such as reflexes, breathing and heart rate developing first, and areas that involve higher functions developing last.