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

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 15:49 in Psychology & Sociology

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 15, 2009 -- New research shows that childhood adversity is associated with diminished neural activity in brain regions implicated in the anticipation of possible rewards.

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