(Jenny Brundin/CPR News)Teryn Wilkes, MRI technologist and Christana Congleton, a research assistant with the Family and Child Neuroscience Lab, collect brain images of a new mother. The images record minute changes in blood flow in different regions of the brain to help researchers understand how stress affects new mothers.
Education reporter Jenny Brundin brought us four in-depth stories on new research out of the University of Denver on how toxic stress, often linked to poverty, can affect children’s brains and their ability to learn and regulate emotions. Here they are:
Using the science of how exposure to trauma affects developing brains, DU researchers are studying how parents can protect their kids from toxic stress.
A growing number of educators believe that teaching social skills to reduce aggression keeps kids out of trouble and helps with academics.
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