Severe childhood deprivation has longstanding impacts on brain size in adulthood

Researchers have shown that the brains of young adult Romanian adoptees who were institutionalized as children are around 8.6% smaller than the brains of English adoptees who have not suffered this form of deprivation.

from Health & Medicine News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200106161943.htm