一项新研究显示,在儿童期和少年早期经历家庭问题会影响脑发育,可能导致在随后的生活中出现心理健康问题。东英格利亚大学发育心理学的研究人员使用脑成像技术对年龄在17~19岁的青少年进行了脑部扫描,发现在出生到11岁期间经历过轻中度家庭挫折的受试者的小脑会发育比较小。而小脑是负责技巧学习、张力调整和感觉运动控制的脑区。研究者建议将小脑发育较小作为此后心理疾病的一个危险因素指标,事实上所有的精神疾病的患者小脑发育都比较小。 A new study shows that experiencing family problems in childhood and early adolescence can affect brain development and may lead to mental health problems in later life. Researchers at the University of East Anglia in developmental psychology brain scans of adolescents aged 17 to 19 using brain imaging and found that subjects who experienced mild to moderate family setbacks between birth and age 11 Cerebellum will develop relatively small. The cerebellum is responsible for skills learning, tension adjustment and sensory motor control of the brain. Researchers suggest that smaller cerebrum development as a risk factor for mental illness thereafter, in fact, all patients with mental disorders are relatively small cerebrum development.