How childhood trauma impacts our brains, bodies – and even our genes

By Macià Buades Rotger, Profesor Lector (equivalente a Ayudante Doctor) en Psicología especializado en neurociencia cognitiva, afectiva, y social, Universitat de Barcelona

In 1966, Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu introduced extreme policies to increase the country’s birth rate. This led to the widespread abandonment of children, who ended up in orphanages in appalling conditions where they received no care, attention or love. Though tragic, this infamous “natural experiment” has allowed us to learn a great deal about the effects of early-life trauma on the brain.

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