Listen "What are the impacts of childhood adversity?"
Episode Synopsis
What are the benefits of being raised in high quality foster care as an alternative to institutional care? Why do some children appear to cope with adversity better than others? How might caregivers build resilience in children?Listen in as Sean Sanders finds out the answers to these questions and more with today’s guest, Charles A. Nelson.Charles A. Nelson is Professor of Pediatrics and Neuroscience and of Psychology at Harvard Medical School, and Professor of Education in the Harvard Graduate School of Education. His work is primarily in the field of developmental cognitive neuroscience and includes research into the development of social perception, the developmental trajectories to autism, and the effects of early adversity on brain and behavioral development.Stay up to date with all the latest research on child development and learning at boldscience.org.Join the conversation on X (Twitter), Facebook, Instagram.Subscribe to BOLD’s newsletter.
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