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Study reveals spanking may affect brain development of a child ANI | Updated: Apr 13, 2021 07:46 IST Cambridge (Massachusetts) [US], April 13 (ANI): A recent study by Harvard researchers stated that spanking may affect a childs brain development in similar ways to more severe forms of violence. The research, published recently in the journal Child Development, builds on existing studies that show heightened activity in certain regions of the brains of child...

Led by Harvard researchers, a new study linking spanking and child brain development shows spanking could alter a childs neural responses to their environment, in similar ways to a child experiencing more severe violence.