Hacker News with Generative AI: Brain Development

Adverse childhood experiences and hippocampal volumetric reductions: MRI study (sciencedirect.com)
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been associated with volume alterations of stress-related brain structures among aging and clinical populations, however, existing studies have predominantly assessed only one type of ACE, with small sample sizes, and it is less clear if these associations exist among a general population of young adults.
Teen Girls' Brains Aged Rapidly During Pandemic, Study Finds (nytimes.com)
A study of adolescent brain development that tested children before and after coronavirus pandemic lockdowns in the United States found that girls’ brains aged far faster than expected, something the researchers attributed to social isolation.
Mother's gut microbiome during pregnancy shapes baby's brain development (medicalxpress.com)
Youth with conduct disorder show widespread differences in brain structure (nih.gov)
A junk food diet can cause long-term damage to adolescent brains (today.usc.edu)