In this paper we first focus our attention on the cultural forces that led to more than 170,000 children being raised in state-run institutions in Romania. We then describe the experimental …

Jun 1, 2014 · In 1989 Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu was overthrown, and the world discovered that 170,000 children were being raised in Romania's impoverished institutions.

Orphanhood in Romania became prevalent as a consequence of the Socialist Republic of Romania 's natalist policy under Nicolae Ceaușescu. Its effectiveness led to an increase in …

May 28, 2019 · The Romanian Orphan Study is a crucial investigation into the effects of institutionalisation on children's development. This landmark study sought to discern whether …

Charles A. Nelson Nelson is the longtime principal investigator for the Bucharest Early Intervention Project, a first-of-its-kind study of Romanian orphans who were randomly …

Jun 18, 2020 · In 1998, at a small scientific meeting, animal research presented back-to-back with images from Romanian orphanages changed the course of the study of attachment.

Jun 1, 2014 · In their book, Romania’s Abandoned Children: Deprivation, Brain Development, and the Struggle for Recovery, Nelson, Fox, and Zeanah describe the Bucharest Early Intervention …

Jul 29, 2013 · In 1999, he and several other American scientists launched the Bucharest Early Intervention Project, a now-famous study of Romanian children who were mostly ‘social …

The Romanian orphan studies are a series of studies conducted in the 1990s that aimed to investigate the long-term effects of institutionalization on the development and behavior of …

Jan 26, 2015 · In perhaps the most famous study of childhood neglect, researchers have closely tracked the progress, or lack of it, in children who lived as infants in Romania's bleak …