Findings contribute to the existing literature on maltreatment-related alterations in brain development and provide unprecendented evidence that the severity of maltreatment is remarkably linked to brain size already in very young children at the age of 3–5 years, with significant consequences on intellectual achievement.
[Judith Joseph, Claudia Buss, Andrea Knop, Karin de Punder, Sibylle M. Winter, Birgit Spors, Elisabeth Binder, John-Dylan Haynes and Christine Heim – Elsevier, November 2023.]Recommended Posts
