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Psychology: Brain Plasticity and Trauma 6 of 8

April 17, 2008

Children who are unable to form an attachment with caregivers early in life may be impaired in relationships (Children’s Bureau et al., 2001). Emotional development begins with this first relationship. Other results of poor emotional development are the inability to control emotions and a lack of awareness of others’ emotions (Children’s Bureau et al., 2001). [...]

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Psychology: Brain Plasticity and Trauma 5 of 8

April 16, 2008

Early trauma and abuse also lead to poor development of the subcortical and limbic systems which result in great anxiety, depression, and difficulty forming relationships (Children’s Bureau et al., 2001). Memories of trauma and abuse are often made permanent because of continual activation of the neural pathways involved in the fear response. Such memories are [...]

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Psychology: Brain Plasticity and Trauma 4 of 8

April 15, 2008

Most of brain development occurs during the first few years. Apathetic and antagonistic parents would cause stress, impairing the child’s brain development (Children’s Bureau et al., 2001). Unfortunately a negative environment would be as influential on brain development as a positive environment (Children’s Bureau et al., 2001). While the impact of a negative environment can [...]

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Psychology: Trauma and Brain Plasticity 3 of 8

April 15, 2008

Stress leads to other changes in the brain, to name a few: changes in the central nervous system, problems in cortical function, and dysfunctional regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis (Maxfield, n.d.), both involved in the fear response (Children’s Bureau et al., 2001). The evidence is clear. Early abuse and trauma clearly [...]

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Psychology: Trauma and Brain Plasticity 2 of 8

April 14, 2008

Indeed, stress leads to many problems. Stress experienced during the early years was found to be linked to withstanding changes in brain structures that moderate the response to stress (Bremner, 2003). More specifically, the hippocampus, amygdala, and prefrontal cortex are affected by damage to neurotransmitter systems including norepinephrine, benzodiazepine, opiate, and dopaminergic (Bremner, 2003). Alterations [...]

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