Dr. Allan Schore: How Relationships Shape Your Brain

3286.164 - 3308.925 Dr. Allan Schore

So if you have, let's say the amygdala, which is in a critical period of growth, the right amygdala, and the cortisol levels are very high, that's really going to not be an optimal situation for that amygdala to evolve because you're going to have a continuous stress response there. And essentially what that means also that if the mother is in a very stressed state during a utero,