New research found that children who experience emotional neglect tend to have younger-looking brains. On the other hand, children exposed to more other forms of adversity, such as caregiver mental illness and socioeconomic hardship, often have older-looking brains
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Different childhood adversities linked to accelerated or delayed brain aging
Different types of early-life adversity appear to affect brain development uniquely: emotional neglect is linked to younger-looking brains, while adversities like trauma and caregiver mental illness are associated with older-looking brains.
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A neuroimaging study shows that child neglect, even without other forms of abuse, can alter critical brain pathways, causing abnormalities in white matter regions related to movement 🏃♂️, attention 🧠, language 🗣️, and emotional regulation 💔.
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