Synopsis

Hippocampus – which means seahorse in Greek – is one of the central places in the brain, among others responsible for emotional memory and regulation. If children and young people are faced with stress over time, the seahorse (hippocampus) starts to work poorly and in the worst cases, it shrinks. By reducing the pressure on the nervous system, and by making use of for example physical activity, it can start to grow again.

The book is addressed at parents, teachers, pedagogical staff, nursees, ergotherapists, social workers, doctors, psychologists and others who would like an insight into what a nervous system on overdrive does to a child.