Childhood accidents linked to smaller brain size

Dr Célia Demarchi: 'Using the results of this research could allow us to start looking at those scans for abnormalities in terms of the growth of the different areas of the brain.'

Road accidents, falls and sports injuries can result in some children’s brain volumes being smaller than expected — which can be linked to learning and behaviour problems, a British study has found.

One 11-year-old cyclist hit by a car was found to have a low attention span and anger control issues afterwards, despite experiencing no effects on his intellectual ability from the accident.