Neurological illnesses, including cognitive impairment, memory decline and dementia, affect
over 50 million people worldwide, imposing a substantial burden on individuals and society …

Background Childhood maltreatment is closely related to normal cognitive development and
ensuing adverse mental health outcomes and cognitive dysfunction. Our current …

Social disruption caused by natural disasters often interrupts educational opportunities for
children. However, little is known about children's learning in the following years. This study …

Existing over many centuries, adoption has been challenged in recent years by evidence
about practices that do not respond to the principles, ethics and laws under which it should …

Childhood adversity is a prominent predisposing risk factor for latent stress vulnerability,
expressed as an elevated likelihood of developing stress-related psychopathology upon …

The detrimental impact of early life adversities (ELAs; entailing pre-and postnatal
experiences) on the developing brain has been well established. By inducing neural …

Children exposed to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and pervasive interpersonal
traumas may go on to develop PTSD and, in most cases, will further undergo a significant …

An earlier meta-analysis and review indicated that trauma exposure may be related to lower
levels of executive functioning in youth. Since different developmental trajectories were …

Today, children are surviving pediatric cancer at unprecedented rates, making it one of
modern medicine's true success stories. However, we are increasingly becoming aware of …

Background Cognitive impairment (ie lower IQ/cognitive development) in individuals who
have experienced childhood maltreatment is well documented in the literature. It is not yet …