ReviewCurrent topics in behavioral neurosciences2014
The importance of early experiences for neuro-affective development.
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- Early deprivation alters structural brain development from middle childhood to adolescence.Science advances · 2022Trial
- Early deprivation disruption of associative learning is a developmental pathway to depression and social problems.Nature communications · 2018Trial
- Effects of institutional rearing and foster care on psychopathology at age 12 years in Romania: follow-up of an open, randomised controlled trial.The lancet. Psychiatry · 2015Trial
- Early adversity promotes adolescent avoidance behavior by enhancing prefrontal-amygdala communication through CRHbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Assessing Dimensions of Children's Exposure to Family Violence with the Family Socialization Interview - Revised 2.0.Child maltreatment · 2026Article
- Co-Designing Peer Support Interventions for Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes and Their Caregivers: A Novel Integration of Community-Based Participatory Research and Human-Centred Design Thinking.Hormone research in paediatrics · 2026Article
- Unpredictable maternal signals and developmental profiles of child executive function from infancy to early childhood.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2026Article
- Social 'envirotyping' the ABCD study contextualizes dissociable brain organization and diverging outcomes.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2026Article
- Stress during the first 1,000 days of life in humans, when everything begins.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Review
- Exposure to unpredictable childhood environments is associated with amygdala activation during early extinction in adulthood.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2025Article
- On the Broader Significance of Maternal Sensitivity: Mothers' Early and Later Sensitive Parenting Matter to Children's Language, Executive Function, Academics, and Self-Reliance.Developmental science · 2025Article
- Microglia Morphology in the Developing Primate Amygdala and Effects of Early Life Stress.eNeuro · 2025Article
- Medication use in Poland for children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders: before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic - a retrospective pharmacoepidemiological study using national reimbursement data.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Article
- Strategies to support language development in neonatal intensive care unit: a narrative review.Clinical and experimental pediatrics · 2024Article
- Social experience in adolescence shapes prefrontal cortex structure and function in adulthood.Molecular psychiatry · 2024Article
- New insights into the effects of type and timing of childhood maltreatment on brain morphometry.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Associations of Duration of Preadoption Out-of-home Care, Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders and Adoptive Family Functioning with Later Psychiatric Disorders of Adoptees.Child psychiatry and human development · 2024Article
- Psychosocial stress, interpersonal sensitivity, and social withdrawal in clinical high risk for psychosis: a systematic review.Schizophrenia (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2023Review
- Comparison of behavioral activation/inhibition systems, emotional regulation difficulties, and selective attention in adolescents with and without parents.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Family income buffers the relationship between childhood adverse experiences and putamen volume.Developmental neurobiology · 2023Article
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This chapter considers the functional utility of the prolonged period of immaturity in human brain development. Development of the amygdala and its connections with the prefrontal cortex is used as an example system for discussing the special role of sensitive periods in shaping neural functional architecture. The argument is made that neural immaturity during childhood may be important and confer a longer period of neuroplasticity, which can increase learning from the environment.
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