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Understanding Childhood Adversity Across Time and Cultures
Podcast: Children have faced threats and deprivation at varied levels across time, favoring the ability to tailor development to different conditions. Researchers Willem Frankenhuis and Dorsa Amir discuss their findings.
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New Research in Psychological Science
A sample of research on testing deprivation and threat, eye movement in toddlers, cognitive change before old age, flavor sensing in utero, how sounds alter the contents of visual perception, placebo analgesia, and much more.
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Deprivation May Explain the Link Between Early Adversity and Developmental Outcomes in Adolescence
Early deprivation experiences, such as parental neglect, appear to be more closely associated with cognitive and emotional functioning in adolescence than early threat experiences, such as exposure to abuse.