Discrimination During Pregnancy May Change Babies' Brain Circuits [technologynetworks.com]

Ingrid Cockhren 12/11/2312:21 PM

By Columbia University, Photo: freestocks/Unsplash, Technology Networks Neuroscience News & Research, December 11, 2023

Racial discrimination and bias are painful realities and increasingly recognized as detrimental to the health of adults and children.

These stressful experiences also appear to be transmitted from mother to child during pregnancy, altering the strength of infants’ brain circuits, according to a new study from researchers at Columbia, Yale, and Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles.

The study found similar brain changes in infants whose mothers experienced stress from adapting to a new culture during pregnancy.

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