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Childhood Development

Poverty and the Developing Brain

Evidence continues to mount that the brains of children living in poverty show tangible harm. Our authors explain the challenges and the necessary steps needed to build a healthier society.

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Childhood Development

Following the Threads: The Link Between Childhood Trauma and Psychosis

“All types of abuse, irrespective of their nature, were associated with a higher risk for psychosis,” says one researcher, and the more types of abuse that a child experiences, the higher the risk.
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Childhood Development

Developing Brains at High Risk from Early Alcohol Use

Because the teenage brain is at a highly vulnerable stage of development, early drinking may set the stage for later alcohol abuse.
Childhood Development

Structural Connectivity Sets the Stage for Later Reasoning Ability

New study suggests that the tighter two specific brain regions are woven together by white-matter tracts in childhood, the better one’s performance will be on a reasoning task in adulthood.
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Childhood Development

The Deprived Brain

Children who lag cognitively after spending time in orphanages can make up the difference by young adulthood, suggest two longitudinal studies, but some behavior and emotional issues remain—or even increase. This suggests that environmental influences might lead to disorders with or without genetic precursors.
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Childhood Development

What is Enough? Sensory Experience and Brain Development

Report from Neuroscience 2016

“Over” stimulation may offer benefits and dangers, research in rodents presented at the recent Society for Neuroscience annual meeting suggests.
Childhood Development

Growth Charts for Brain Development?

An early, prospective study suggests that pinpointing where children are on a scale of brain connectivity could tell doctors which child is at risk of developing problems.
Childhood Development

Can Strong Communities Build Resilience in Military Children?

Research presented at the recent Pediatric Academic Societies meeting suggests that the number of mental-health diagnoses among children with parents in the military has increased in the past decade. Other research suggests that coordinated medical care and specific social supports might help all children thrive.
Childhood Development

Unraveling the Mysteries of Inherited Anxiety

Could an overactive circuit in the brain be inherited? Researchers find positive evidence in monkeys.
Childhood Development

Taking a Global Approach to Toxicology

“There is this focus in science on studying one factor at a time, but diseases and disorders—particularly the most intractable ones—don’t arise this way,” says one researcher.
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