We describe an ecological approach to understanding the developing brain, with a focus on
the effects of poverty-related adversity on brain function. We articulate how combining …

Although a growing literature has linked extreme psychosocial adversity in early
development to brain structure and function, recent studies highlight that differences in …

A growing literature suggests that adversity is associated with later altered brain function,
particularly within the corticolimbic system that supports emotion processing and salience …

Neuroscience Sebastian J. Lipina, Jorge A. Colombo Poverty remains an urgent crisis
worldwide. In the United States, 28.6 million children live in low-income families and 12.7 …

Why are children of poor parents more likely to be poor as adults than other children? Early-
childhood adversities resulting from social structures and relationships impact children's …

Approximately 1 in 5 children in the United States lives in poverty, and> 40% of children are
poor or near-poor. 1 In 2013, the American Academy of Pediatrics added child poverty to its …

Importance This study was designed to determine whether a preventive intervention focused
on enhancing supportive parenting could ameliorate the association between exposure to …

Abstract In the United States, over 40% of youth under the age of 18 live at or near the
federal poverty line. Several decades of research have established clear links between …

This review proposes separate and distinct biological mechanisms for the effects of
adversity, more commonly experienced in poverty, and socioeconomic status (SES) on child …

Facets of the post-natal environment including the type and complexity of environmental
stimuli, the quality of parenting behaviors, and the amount and type of stress experienced by …