Can you spot the difference between these toddlers’ brains?
- Tayler Vomacka
- Oct 2, 2019
- 1 min read
A 2009 study from Stanford Children’s Hospital found that children with post-traumatic stress disorders and high levels of the stress hormone cortisol were more likely to experience a decrease in the size of their hippocampus — the part of the brain responsible for processing memory and emotion.
Brain scans reveal how badly emotional abuse damages kids.
The effects of emotional abuse are less often thought about, but no less detrimental to a child’s health.
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