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Childhood Stress Decreases Size of Brain Regions

Childhood Stress Decreases Size of Brain Regions

Update: 2014-08-16
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Children who experience neglect, abuse and/or poverty can have smaller amygdalas and hippocampuses, brain regions involved in emotion and memory, compared with kids raised in nurturing environments. Christie Nicholson reports


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Childhood Stress Decreases Size of Brain Regions

Childhood Stress Decreases Size of Brain Regions

Scientific American