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It hasn't been known for a long time. Did you read the article? > “We know that early-life stress impacts the brain, but until now, we didn’t know how,” Baram
by darkarmani 4y ago
It hasn't been known for a long time. Did you read the article?
> “We know that early-life stress impacts the brain, but until now, we didn’t know how,” Baram said. “Our team focused on identifying potentially stress-sensitive brain pathways. We discovered a new pathway within the reward circuit that expresses a molecule called corticotropin-releasing hormone that controls our responses to stress. We found that adverse experiences cause this brain pathway to be overactive.”
- SoftTalker 4y agoYes, I meant the behavior pattern has been known, not the bio-chemical cause. Read A Framework For Understanding Poverty by Ruby Payne. It explains this phenomenon and the book dates to the 1990s. Basically that the stress of growing up in poverty stunts your ability to plan for the future and you choose immediate gratification over longer-term strategic saving.