Chris3jam

In "The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog", he shows that "brain damage" happens with neglect/abuse, even if done ignorantly or through no fault of a parent. He cites cases where the brain was "damaged", which caused very far-reaching and unchangeable behaviours (think the Russian orphans). In one case, with a mentally impaired, innocent/ignorant mother, it did change the brain so that the child did become a sociopath. It not only causes brain "damage", but it also keeps certain areas of the brain from developing properly, and, sometimes, at all. It appears that if the damage is caused while the child is very, very young (as in, a baby, while the brain is still being formed and growing), it is irreversible. If the damage is done when the child is older (after a certain foundation has been laid), it can be "repaired", at least mostly/partially. He has shown that treating a baby or child in certain ways can actually alter the brain physically. And, vice versa. . . .behaviour can also physically change the brain. And this is just all through the way a baby/child is treated/handled.