I love this research because it really shows how much of an impact our words can have on young people. It looks at how the brain reacts to parental criticism and shows that it triggers the same areas linked to social pain and self-doubt. Language matters.
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Neural responses to maternal criticism in healthy youth
Parental criticism can have positive and negative effects on children’s and adolescents’ behavior; yet, it is unclear how youth react to, understand and process parental criticism. We proposed that yo...