TY  - SER
AU  - McCrory, Eamon J.
AU  - De Brito, Stephane A.
AU  - Sebastian, Catherine L.
AU  - Mechelli, Andrea
AU  - Bird, Geoffrey
AU  - Kelly, Phillip A.
AU  - Viding, Essi
TI  - Heightened neural reactivity to threat in child victims of family violence
KW  - INFANTS
KW  - CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE
KW  - BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW  - MENTAL HEALTH
KW  - TRAUMA
KW  - CHILD ABUSE
N1  - Current Biology, 2011, 21(23)
N2  - UK-based researchers have demonstrated that children exposed to family violence show increased reactivity in two areas of the brain in response to angry but not sad faces. While such enhanced reactivity to a biologically relevent threat cue may represent an adaptive response to sustained environmental danger, it may also constitute a latent neurobiological risk factor increasing vulnerability to later mental illness. This research was reported on the New Zealand news website, stuff.co.nz on 6 December 2011. Use the second link to read this news item.

UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2011.10.015
UR  - http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/wellbeing/6094392/Child-abuse-changes-the-brain-study-shows
ER  -