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Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas: Compassion in the Brain

By Emiliana Simon-Thomas — 2013

Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas, Ph.D., is the science director of the UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center. In this talk for the 2012 Mindfulness and Compassion conference, Dr. See more...

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How Foster Care Placements Can Harm a Child’s Brain

Research conducted by child development experts and scientists suggests that frequently moving foster care kids can have consequences for their brains and behavior.

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2020
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Childhood, Disrupted, and How we Can Heal Communities, Families, and Ourselves

In my keynote for the 2019 New Jersey Prevention Network Annual Conference in Atlantic City, I explain how childhood adversity can change body and brain, triggering epigenetic shifts that affect physical and mental health later in life; why girls are at higher risk for Adverse Childhood Experiences...

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Donna Jackson Nakazawa
2019
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