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Mount Sinai researchers have identified for the first time the neural mechanisms in the brain that regulate both positive and negative impressions of a social encounter, as well as how an imbalance between the two could lead to common neuropsychiatric disorders like autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and schizophrenia.

But verbal abuse, along with other forms of childhood maltreatment, can blunt the brain's reward system. The brain becomes less responsive to positive experiences. We believe that