Tag: Karlen Lyons-Ruth

  • Science & Tech

    Childhood adversity may affect processing in the brain’s reward pathways

    New research shows that childhood adversity is associated with diminished neural activity in certain regions of the brain. Harvard researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to monitor brain activity as participants played a game involving cues that predicted monetary re-wards and penalties. “We found that, in comparison to community controls, young adults who had…

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