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Discrimination During Pregnancy May Alter Circuits in Infants’ Brains. Scientists found infants of mothers who experienced discrimination generally had weaker connections between their amygdala and prefrontal cortex

Columbia, Yale, and CHLA researchers have found that brain connectivity is different in infants born to mothers who felt stress from discrimination and acculturation while pregnant.

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11th Dec '23