People with unresolved trauma often experience heightened emotional sensitivity. They may be easily triggered by perceived ...

A recent study published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging finds that childhood trauma can lead to disruptions in two main regions of the brain, the default mode ...

A brain study of childhood trauma has revealed how it affects development and rewires vital pathways. The University of Essex study—led by the Department of Psychology's Dr. Megan Klabunde ...

“These pathways are really important and we really need to pay attention to what’s happening in childhood and adolescence.” Experts say threat and deprivation trauma may affect the brain in ...

Why does trauma in your childhood affect your adulthood? The answer is simple: it lies in how the brain and nervous system encode memory. But, like many types of trauma, the simple answer is a bit ...

The studies included in the meta-analysis involved 582 child participants, aged between 8 and 20 years, with 285 having ...

Research shows that childhood trauma can shape how certain areas of your brain form. That includes stress-sensitive structures and connections that control how you think, feel, and act.

Research on early childhood trauma continues to pile up, revealing its impact on long-term physical and mental health. But so, too, does research on brain plasticity, showing us that even brains ...

Hauser is the author of Vulnerable Minds: The harm of childhood ... shaped their traumatic signatures. Deprivation is typified by a delay in the development of the brain’s executive functions ...

The world's largest brain study of childhood trauma has revealed how it affects development and rewires vital pathways. The study uncovered a disruption in neural networks involved in self-focus ...

The world’s largest brain study of childhood trauma has revealed how it affects development and rewires vital pathways. The University of Essex study – led by the Department of Psychology’s ...