Healing Children After Suicide Loss
Today has been etched deeply into my memory. I had the privilege, but also the confronting sadness, of counselling three separate families, broken and confused by suicide.
Severe Stress Before Age 6 Resulted in Smaller Brain Memory Structures
A team of researchers studying the impact of stress upon children has published new evidence suggesting that there is a “sensitive period” lasting through age 5 in which severe stress appears to have its greatest impact on the hippocampus, a part of the brain known to be stress-sensitive.
Long-term effects of institutional rearing, foster care, and brain activity on memory and executive functioning
Researchers report children who experience deprivation early in life have impaired memory and executive function between the ages of 8 and 16 compared to peers who were placed in quality foster homes.
The Brain Basis for Integrated Social, Emotional, and Academic Development
The Brain Basis for Integrated Social, Emotional, and Academic Development How emotions and social relationships drive learning Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Linda Darling-Hammond, Christina Krone Read this magazine as a course and get 2 hours credit as part of our...Early Life Stress Hinders Neuron Development, Causing Attention Disorders
Researchers at Brown University found that stress early in the life of female mice leads to fewer “tuning” neurons in the part of the brain responsible for making sense of emotions and following rules.
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