Please Note: Today's podcast covers childhood trauma that may be difficult for some listeners. For today's episode, we are joined by Claudia Belliveau, a Ph.D. candidate, and researcher at McGill University in Montreal. She is conducting research on the physical changes to the brain after it has undergone trauma. We will discuss the observations that Ms. Belliveau has discovered as well as the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) on parents and children, and how we can help overcome these traumas. Additional resources on today's topic:ACE Resources https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/aces/index.htmlBook: The Power of Showing Up by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne BrysonBook: What Happened to You by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah WinfreyStudy: Child abuse associates with increased recruitment of perineuronal netsStudy: ACEs are not equalEdit: During our chat, we mentioned that a score of 6 or more on the ACE scale is considered high. However, the cutoff for a high score is actually 4. The Curious Neuron podcast is supported by the Tanenbaum Open Science Institute at The Neuro. The Neuro is the first health sciences institution in the world to commit to Open Science, an approach to research that ensures scientific knowledge is shared widely and transparently.