How does chronic stress physically change the brain?

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Ismael Hamilton

Physics

1 May, 13:35

How does chronic stress physically change the brain?

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Francesca Stanton · Answer 1

Chronic stress can physically change the brain by:

- Chronic stress has the ability to shrink the brain. It has the ability to harm one’s person learning capacity by being able to reduce the volume of the gray matter that is a major component in a person’s brain. It is also able to harm the memory of the person.