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[tanuki_dono]

The Kausper Hauser Syndrom of Psychosocial dwarfism is so interesting. I know abuse and neglect is a major setback for children, and I hate it. I know that human touch and bonding is key in the development of an infant. I've read about Failture to Thrive in very young chldren. This, however, is an interesting extension. Does anyone know any good

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[twhitesakura]

Interesting stuff. The mind can can really affect change by itself - just look at the placebo effect. I'm glad that the dwarfism began to correct itself after the kids were placed into a better environment.

[resonant_words]

Ah. I've seen it mentioned in passing in regards to feral children, but I've never delved into it as a true area of research. I did get one book (the title, which escapes me at the moment) so maybe I'll get to discover more about the inner working. (What intrigues me most might be the fact that the added GH didn't affect the children. There is still so much we don't know about how our bodies work.)

[yaoikitten]

I don't know of any good books, unfortunately. I'm aware of the pathology but have never come across anything other than in textbooks. >.< If you are going to research this I would also suggest looking into 'feral children.'

[resonant_words]

Actually, I remember first reading about it while skimming though text about feral children. For some reason, reading about feral children, and also of abuse and neglected children seems to be what I feel the need to do at the moment. Both for curiosity and ... I don't know, really.

[teacup_carousel]

http://www.feralchildren.com/en/index.php

You can also type in the names of some of the cases on wikipedia and get pretty detailed reports like with Genie (the girl featured on the front page).

[resonant_words]

Bookmarked the page. Feral children have always been interesting to me - a couple of years back I was a bit of a reader on the subject. Kauper Hauser interests me too in that it is mildly found in other cases of neglect and abuse in the home. Ah, anyway. Off to read.

[goldknight00]

Yes, the mind is a fascinating thing - I think this is just another piece of evidence that if we could only learn how to use our brains more than we do, we could potentially control our own growth, among other things!

Hi by the way, Erin - I saw that you had a LJ and couldn't resist signing up. =)

[tanuki_dono]

AHHHHH! PHIL! *glomps* Hello!

Neuroscience is fascinating indeed. It's a little scary, though, to think we could control our brains that way. :O But yes. It does beg the question, however.

Bah.

Yay! *heads off to your journal*

[goldknight00]

Ah, my LJ has been kind of sucky lately, but I'm glad that we'll be a little more in touch again. I've missed you!