The researchers found that infants from high-conflict homes showed greater reactivity to very angry tones of voice in brain areas linked to stress and emotion regulation, such as the anterior cingulate cortex, caudate, thalamus and hypothalamus. Previous research with animals has shown that these brain areas play an important role in the impact of early stress on development. Based upon their findings, the researchers suggest that the same might be true for human infants. The findings show that babies are not oblivious to their parents’ conflicts, and exposure to these conflicts could influence the way in which their brains process emotion and anxiety, they concluded.
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 09:57:40 +0000
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