Associate Professor Sarah Whittle

Principal Research Fellow; Head, Social and Affective NeuroDevelopment (SAND) lab, Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health

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Health & Medicine

When kids get stressed out by the stress of others

Empathy is vital for social functioning. However, new research demonstrates that children who are particularly empathic are also more anxious

Health & Medicine

The legacy of maltreatment on the brain

Childhood maltreatment is a pervasive problem; new research sheds light on why brain development may be derailed by maltreatment during the ‘sensitive’ adolescent period