Study Reveals Neighborhood Violence Alters Kid's Brain Development
But again, these studies have to be done because without empirical evidence, it's just an opinion. Researchers at the University of Michigan in the US hypothesized that growing up in violent areas affected the development of the amygdala, the hub at the brain's stress response system that's involved in socio emotional functioning, threat processing, and fair learning. However, the study, published in the Journal of Development Psychology, states that nurturing parents can help protect kids against these detrimental effects