atively ▁impact ▁the ▁well be ing ▁of ▁children . ▁The ▁BE IP ▁selected ▁or phan ages ▁in ▁Buch ar est , ▁Roman ia ▁that ▁raised ▁abandoned ▁children ▁in ▁soci ally ▁and ▁em otion ally ▁dep riv ed ▁environments ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁study ▁the ▁changes ▁in ▁development ▁of ▁inf ants ▁and ▁children ▁after ▁they ▁had ▁been ▁placed ▁with ▁spe cially ▁trained ▁fost er ▁families ▁in ▁the ▁local ▁community . ▁This ▁powerful ▁study ▁demonstrated ▁how ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁lov ing ▁attention ▁typically ▁provided ▁to ▁children ▁by ▁their ▁parents ▁or ▁care g ivers ▁is ▁p iv otal ▁for ▁optimal ▁human ▁development , ▁specifically ▁of ▁the ▁brain ; ▁ade qu ate ▁nut r ition ▁is ▁not ▁enough . ▁Further ▁research ▁of ▁children ▁who ▁were ▁adopted ▁from ▁institutions ▁in ▁Eastern ▁European ▁countries ▁to ▁the ▁US ▁demonstrated ▁that ▁for ▁every ▁ 3 . 5 ▁months ▁that ▁an ▁infant ▁spent ▁in ▁the ▁institution , ▁they ▁lag ged ▁behind ▁their ▁pe ers ▁in ▁growth ▁by ▁ 1 ▁month . ▁Further , ▁a ▁meta - analysis ▁of ▁research ▁on ▁the ▁I Q s ▁of ▁children ▁in ▁or phan ages ▁found ▁lower ▁I Q s ▁among ▁the ▁children ▁in ▁many ▁institutions , ▁but ▁this ▁result ▁was ▁not ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁low - in come ▁country ▁setting . ▁ ▁World wide , ▁resident ial ▁institutions ▁like ▁or phan ages ▁can ▁often ▁be ▁det r iment al ▁to ▁the ▁psych ological ▁development ▁of ▁affected ▁children . ▁In ▁countries ▁where ▁or phan ages ▁are ▁no ▁longer ▁in ▁use , ▁the ▁long - term ▁care ▁of ▁un