The Effects of Early Child Abuse on Brain Development

The Effects of Early Child Abuse on Brain Development
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Article Review
* Article Citation
Hart, H., & Rubia, K. (2012). Neuroimaging of child abuse: a critical review. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 6, 52. Retrieved from
Frontiers | Neuroimaging of child abuse: a critical review | Human Neuroscience (frontiersin.org)
* Main Point
Relationship between childhood Maltreatment, development of behavioral problems, brain structure, and mental function.
* Three Important Facts
* Cognitive Deficits Associated with Childhood Maltreatment
* Structural Brain Changes Associated with Childhood Maltreatment
* Functional Brain Differences Associated with Childhood Maltreatment
* Ideas addressed in both the article and textbook
* Brain development in children
* Impact of child maltreatment in child development.
* Impact of child neglect and abuse on brain structure
* Instances of Bias in the Article
* The article provides a review of different studies aimed at investigating the impact of child abuse and maltreatment on IQ level and PSTD which provide contradicting outcomes.
* Some studies used uncontrolled subjects thus making it difficult to conclude that the recorded deficits were due to childhood abuse.
Web Review
* URL and Author
Webpage Authors: By Dr. Bruce D. Perry and John Marcellus
Web URL: /teachers/articles/teaching-content/impact-abuse-and-neglect-developing-brain/.
* Reasons for website Credibility
* The authors of the webpage are known and they show in the public domain on the internet.
* The website is owned by Scholastic Corporation which is an American Multinational company that publishes and distributes educational materials, comics and books.
* Content Summary
* The Brain
* Brain Development
* Traumatic Experiences and Development
* Prevention and Policy
* Interesting Concepts
* One intriguing concept from the website is the assumption that the brain has a neuroplasticity property thus effects of child abuse can be reversed at early stages in life.
* The brain is malleable at the early stages of development thus young children are likely to be severely affected by adverse experiences.
* Relevancy of the Information
The information on the website matches the topic of the paper and coincides with the information contained in the article.
Introduction
Child abuse entails sexual abuse, physical harassment, emotional torture, and even. These forms of abuse are inflicted by the children's caregivers, guardians, and even parents. This abuse goes a long way into affecting children's mental development. Children neglect involves failure for parents or guardians or parents to provide their children with basic needs such as food, shelter medication, and security - not showing affection to children and lack of concern for their wellbeing. Physical harassment refers to intentionally inflicting pain in children in various acts that may include canning or hitting children with bare hands. Emotional harassment entails any acts of embarrassing, segregating, or even verbally abusing children (Hart & Rubia, 2012). According to Dr. Perry and Marcellu...