🧪🧠Another compelling new study demonstrating in children that unpredictability is an important early-life adversity #stress that influences the maturation of brain circuits pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39488929/ www.science.org/doi/full/10.... #neuroscience #neurobiologyofstress
Hi! I’m Emily, and I study how the developing brain adapts physiologically and cognitively to early life adversity. Specifically, I’m interested in brain energetics during critical developmental periods using neuroimaging & incorporating evolutionary theory to understand these processes #SkySci #PhD
Understanding divergence: Placing developmental neuroscience in its dynamic context -- Astle et al 2024
"how […] harsh parenting, family conflict, and unsafe neighborhoods, impacts brain development"
Childhood adversity may blunt brain development rather than speed it up | PsyPost www.psypost.org/childhood-ad...
Paper in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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I think it will be so much better for academics moving forward
