# Human resilience depends on distinctively human brain circuitry and development

## TL;DR

The paper suggests that human resilience is shaped by unique brain development processes during early childhood, combining biological and social factors.

## Contribution

The paper proposes integrating biological and social psychological approaches to better understand human resilience.

## Key findings

- Human resilience involves uniquely human processes of cortical development in early childhood.
- Integration of biological and social psychological approaches is necessary for understanding resilience.

## Abstract

Most studies of psychological resilience in the past century have focused on either biological or social psychological correlates of resilience or depression. This article argues that the two approaches need to be integrated because of uniquely human processes of cortical development during early childhood. The article concludes with some suggestions for integrative research agendas.