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Early Life Enrichment and Brain Volumetrics (Subcortial Gray Matter (More…
Early Life Enrichment and Brain Volumetrics
White Matter
More enrichment through engaging in a variety early in life positively associated with more neural growth and speed of processing
Subcortial Gray Matter
More variety early in life...
Midbrain structures
Limbic system
Amygdala
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Right
memory for aversive events (Morris1999, Polski2015)
Unconscious Emotional Modulation
Implicit
Negative - Social Cues/Faces/Eyes
Left
Positive
Conscious Emotional Learning
Hippocampus
More variety early in life fosters better emotional learning
Exposure to stress via novel early experiences--but in a "management" setting (similar to college spring board for learning). Medium to gain new experiences and perspectives
Novelty = greater growth; novelty by itself is neutral
MC: What part of emotional processing is being sharpened?
Not much known about the positive developmental aspects of amygdala development