Understanding the Effects of Maltreatment on Brain …

(the limbic system and cerebral cortex) are still rather primitive. Higher function brain regions involved in regulating emotions, language, and abstract thought . grow rapidly in the first 3 years of life (ZERO TO THREE, 2012). (See Exhibit 1 for more information.) Exhibit 1 – Functions of Brain Regions. Lower. Abstract Thought . Higher ... ................
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