Childhood Adversity May Affect Processing In The Brain's Reward Pathways

Childhood adversity is associated diminished activation in the regions the brain that anticipate reward, according to a new study. Using fMRI, researchers examined the brain activity of individuals who had experienced childhood abuse that met state guidelines for maltreatment, and found weaker responses to reward-predicting cues in left hemisphere regions of the basal ganglia.

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