Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by uncontrollable movements, stiffness, and cognitive decline. Curious? Come learn more! Please rate, review, and subscribe and if you have any questions, comments, concerns, queries, or complaints, please email me at neuroscienceamateurhour@gmail.com or DM me at NeuroscienceAmateurHour on Instagram. Also if you have the means/desire to financially support this podcast - please go to https://www.buymeacoffee.com/neurosc...
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Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by uncontrollable movements, stiffness, and cognitive decline. Curious? Come learn more! Please rate, review, and subscribe and if you have any questions, comments, concerns, queries, or complaints, please email me at neuroscienceamateurhour@gmail.com or DM me at NeuroscienceAmateurHour on Instagram. Also if you have the means/desire to financially support this podcast - please go to https://www.buymeacoffee.com/neurosc...
Episode 21: The Neuroscience of Neglect: The Bucharest Project
Neuroscience: Amateur Hour
16 minutes
3 years ago
Episode 21: The Neuroscience of Neglect: The Bucharest Project
Today’s episode is inspired by a historical nightmare and the subsequent decades-long experiment that shaped the way we understand childhood neglect and its effects on the developing brain. In 1989, Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was overthrown and the rest of the world discovered that over 170,000 Romanian children were being kept in impoverished institutions and orphanages.These children were raised, not by loving parents or guardians, but by the metal bars of their beds and imper...
Neuroscience: Amateur Hour
Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by uncontrollable movements, stiffness, and cognitive decline. Curious? Come learn more! Please rate, review, and subscribe and if you have any questions, comments, concerns, queries, or complaints, please email me at neuroscienceamateurhour@gmail.com or DM me at NeuroscienceAmateurHour on Instagram. Also if you have the means/desire to financially support this podcast - please go to https://www.buymeacoffee.com/neurosc...