Horrifying scans that show the real impact of love: Brain of neglected child is much smaller than that of a normal three-year-old
- According to neurologists the sizeable difference between these two brains has one primary cause - the way were treated by their mothers
- Both of these images are brain scans of a two three-year-old children,
- Brain on the left is considerably larger, has fewer spots and less dark areas, compared to the one on the right
The child with the larger and more fully developed brain was looked after by its mother - she was constantly responsive to her baby, reported The Sunday Telegraph.
But the child with the shrunken brain was the victim of severe neglect and abuse.
According to research reported by the newspaper, the brain on the right worryingly lacks some of the most fundamental areas present in the image on the left.
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