New on BrainFacts: The Bullied Brain

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By John A Beal, PhD Dep't. of Cellular Biology & Anatomy, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport , via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY 2.5 license.Brain research is revealing that bullying is more than just an unfortunate part of growing up. It can cause long-term changes to the brain that lead to cognitive and emotional deficits as serious as the harm done by child abuse.Read my whole story at BrainFacts: Bullying and the Brain.

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