Abuse Can Rewire Kids’ Brains This article discusses the detrimental effects that abuse can have on a child’s neurological activity. Children who are abused physically and psychologically show vehement neuronal excitation when observing pictures of angry faces. Children who are not victims of abuse do not experience such outrageous levels of neurological arousal when shown pictures of angry faces. Research conducted at the Child Emotion Research Laboratory suggests that the brains of abused are …showed first 75 words of 434 total…

…showed last 75 words of 434 total…children. Hormonal differences, such as cortisol have been found to be higher at certain times of the day in abused children as compared to non-abused children. It seems obvious that this hyperactivity occurring in abused children’s brain could lead to very serious emotional disorders and possibly even death. We must look on the positive side and hope that future research will be better able to understand why these biological changes occur in abused children.