Sapolsky — “One would think that the adverse effects of…”

Source: Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will — Robert M. Sapolsky

Book page: sapolsky-determined-part-1

From: Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will — Quotes

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One would think that the adverse effects of, say, low socioeconomic status in childhood would occur as a result of brain development being delayed. Instead, the problem is that the early-life stress accelerates maturation of the brain, meaning that the window for brain construction being sculpted by experience closes earlier: U. Tooley, D. Bassett, and P. Mackay, “Environmental Influences on the Pace of Brain Development,” Nature Reviews Neuroscience 22 (2021): 372.