The researchers also find unexpected differences between men and women. There are also age differences. While sexual abuse affects the brain at all ages, it produces its greatest impact between 13 and 15 years. And they often get it. Rat mothers lick and groom males more than females.
Human mothers hold, hug, cuddle, and rock boys more than girls.
Lack of such attention seems to effect the cerebellum, located at the lower back of the brain, an area that deals with eye movements, posture, and control of emotions and attention. That, too, apparently ties in with the overwhelming preponderance of attention deficit and hyperactivity among boys.