This neurosciencenews.com article discusses how brain scans indicate positive and nurturing attention of mother can influence the hippocampus region of the brain to grow. The results were derived from brain scans of the children as they interacted with their mother's in positive and not as positive interactions. Interestingly, the mother's self-perception was more positive than the results of the children's brain scan. Perhaps the mother's overrate their positive and nurturing qualities? Or the child does not perceive the mother's efforts as positive and nurturing? What do you think?
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Mom’s Love Good for Child’s Brain
This neurosciencenews.com article discusses how brain scans indicate positive and nurturing attention of mother can influence the hippocampus region of the brain to grow. The results were derived from brain scans of the children as they interacted with their mother's in positive and not as positive interactions. Interestingly, the mother's self-perception was more positive than the results of the children's brain scan. Perhaps the mother's overrate their positive and nurturing qualities? Or the child does not perceive the mother's efforts as positive and nurturing? What do you think?
Labels:
brain research,
depression,
developmental neuroscience,
hippocampus,
nature vs nurture,
neurology research,
neuroplasticity,
science
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