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Addiction 17: Trauma (with Dr. Gabor Maté)

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The Human Brain Is Not a Genetically Determined Organ

The human brain is not a genetically determined organ, Dr. Mate's research suggests. The physiology of the brain develops through an ongoing process that begins in utero like instead before birth and continues into adulthood. If you're stressed or hurt for incidents happen early in life, those circuits just don't develop properly. Even if they don't hurt the child, that can affect their brain development.

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