童年对每个人都意义非凡。童年经历不但会影响人未来的发展,还能左右一个人生命的长短。童年时期压力过大可能会使人体基因发生改变,从而加速衰老,最终导致寿命缩短。近日,一篇研究报告指出,童年逆境和精神疾病一样,都能引起人体细胞层面上的显著改变。主持这项研究的美国布朗大学的奥黛丽·特尔卡 Childhood is of extraordinary significance to everyone. Childhood experience will not only affect the future development of people, but also about the length of a person’s life. Excessive stress in childhood may alter the body’s genes, accelerating aging and eventually leading to shortened lifetimes. Recently, a research report pointed out that childhood adversities like mental illness can cause significant changes in human cells. Audrey Treka at Brown University in the United States who presided over the study