Living with neighborhood violence may shape teens' brains
- Written by Darby Saxbe, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Violence in communities may have an additional unseen victim: young peoples' developing brains.Zoran Karapancev/Shutterstock.comFlinching as a gunshot whizzes past your window. Covering your ears when a police car races down your street, sirens blaring. Walking past a drug deal on your block or a beating at your school.
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