Childhood Emotional Neglect Can Be Passed Down to the Next Generations
The new research published by Elsevier has shown that early life experiences can significantly affect brain development and neurobiological health that can affect the next generation. The study showed that the infants of mothers who suffered emotional neglect as a child displayed an altered brain circuitry that is responsible for fear response and anxiety.
Study lead author Cassandra Hendrix, Ph.D., of the Department of Psychology at Emory University in Atlanta, USA, said that these results show that our brain development is not only shaped by what happens in our own life but is also impacted by things that happened to our parents before we were even conceived.