“…Studies have found a robust association between childhood maltreatment and cognitive functioning in adulthood (Cohen et al, 2006;Dannlowski et al, 2012;De Bellis, 2005;Grassi-Oliveira, Ashy, & Stein 2008;Grassi-Oliveira, Gomes, & Stein 2011;Lupien, McEwen, Gunnar, & Heim 2009;Navalta, Polcari, Webster, Boghossian, & Teicher 2006;Yates, Carlson, & Egeland 2008). According to some authors (Grassi-Oliveira et al, 2008;Hart & Rubia, 2012;Jaffee & Maikovich-Fong, 2011;Tanakaa, Wekerleb, Schmuckc, & Paglia-Boakd 2011), childhood maltreatment can affect the development of brain structures such as the corpus callosum, the left neocortex, the hippocampus, and the amygdala.…”