Romanian orphans rescued by British families were left with shrunken brains, study finds

Children raised in deprived orphanages in communist Romania have brains that are one tenth smaller than English adoptees’, research shows. Scientists took brain scans of nearly 70 people raised in Romanian institutions in the 1980s and later adopted by families in Britain which showed that early neglect left its mark, British newspapers reported. The volunteers … Continuă lectura Romanian orphans rescued by British families were left with shrunken brains, study finds