Our brain is always there. From birth, and even prenatally, it is exposed to the environment. How does the brain react to that? The brain shows spontaneous or intrinsic activity that seems to remain ...

The timing of trauma determines adult behavioral outcomes like aggression or social anxiety by impacting specific ...

Experiencing depressive symptoms can change how young adults remember the hardships of their youth, leading them to report more past traumas over time. Dealing with these emotional health challenges ...

New research indicates that the long-term neurological impact of childhood trauma is not permanently etched onto the brain. An analysis of brain communication patterns in a group of individuals who ...

A research team from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology), in collaboration with the ...

What Are Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)? Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can potentially cause trauma. ACEs aren’t specific. They can include any distressful event between birth and age 17.

Researchers have found that lifelong physical activity may moderate the structural brain changes linked to adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, particularly in the amygdala, a region central to ...

In our ever-changing and constantly connected world, the impact of childhood trauma can have lasting consequences on adults, impacting families, friendships and business stability. Trauma ...

Dr. Poletti's groundbreaking research has transformed understanding of how early life experiences become biologically embedded, creating lasting changes in brain structure and immune function. As the ...

Sarah Godfrey is an educator, an advocate, a scholar, and a survivor. She serves as a behavioral support specialist at State Street Elementary School in Larksville. Two decades after a traumatic event ...

Addressing childhood trauma is one of the most effective crime-prevention strategies available.