Psychology 3442F/G Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Nature Neuroscience, Psychopathology, Corticosterone
10 Dec 2017
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The effects of adverse, beneficial, and neutral experience on the brain. The discussion of how experiences shape and alter the brain is prominent in the field of developmental neuropsychology. A study conducted by hertzman & boyce (2010), demonstrated that different qualities of experience produce gradients in how humans develop. This essay focuses on the effects of adverse and beneficial experiences during childhood, and ongoing experiences over the course of life on the brain. The process of experience changing the brain is known scientifically as biological embedding (hertzman & boyce, 2010). Biological embedding can be easily measured with the use of brain imaging techniques like functional magnetic resonance imaging (fmri) and electroencephalogram (eeg). Early adverse situational factors such as parental neglect, and the effect it has on the brain will be explained. Additionally, the way beneficial experiences from childhood, such as high socioeconomic status, change the brain will be clarified.
