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Why do some people find
Executive Function Skills hard?
3. A lack of strong, positive early attachments:
All babies need lots of love, care and
positive attention from the adults
looking after them.
When babies are given this love, care
and good attention by all adults
around them, brain pathways build quickly. This creates a strong
base on which later pathways can build.
Below: Positive attachments create a strong Below: Poor early attachments
base on which later connections are built. can have a serious impact on brain
circuitry:
We know from research that a lack of
positive, responsive attention can have
a serious impact on the size of the brain
and the strength and number of its
connections (see picture on right).
Above: The impact of neglect on
brain circuitry (Perry, 2002).
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