Study: Malnourishment, Psychological Neglect In Infants Stunts Brain Growth

  • 4 years ago
People who experience trauma and extreme poverty in childhood may lag behind others in terms of brain development.
According to UPI, the British study suggest such deprivation can result in them having intellectual and behavioral difficulties as adults.
The brains of young adult Romanian adoptees who were institutionalized as children are nearly 9 percent smaller than those of English adoptees.

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