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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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