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Dr. Megan Gunnar presented the Child Study Center 2011 Lois Bloom lecture on November 10

Dr. Megan Gunnar presented the Child Study Center 2011 Lois Bloom lecture on November 10

The development of children adopted from institutional care overseas offers a relatively unique opportunity to examine the impact of early deprivation that is not followed by continued adversity. In this talk I will consider the impact of these children’s early deprivation on neurobiological stress-mediating systems. Our findings show that early life stress has long-term implications for the development of the stress- and emotion-regulatory systems. However, we also find evidence that puberty may provide an opportunity to re-calibrate some of these systems. Implications of these findings for the mental and physical health of children who experience deprivation and neglect early in life will be discussed.

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