Addressing the biological embedding of early life adversities (ELA) among adults through mindfulness: proposed mechanisms and review of converging evidence

S Sun, MA Sheridan, AR Tyrka, SD Donofry… - Neuroscience & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Early life adversities (ELA) are prevalent and have a profound and adverse impact across
the lifespan, including on age-related health outcomes, yet interventions to remediate its …

How early life adversity transforms the learning brain

MD Hauser - Mind, Brain, and Education, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
For educators to help children exposed to adverse life experiences, it is necessary to
understand how adversity impacts different mechanisms of learning, emotion, and planning …

Lower socioeconomic position is associated with greater activity in and integration within an allostatic-interoceptive brain network in response to affective stimuli

GM Alvarez, MD Rudolph, JR Cohen… - Journal of Cognitive …, 2022 - direct.mit.edu
Socioeconomic inequities shape physical health and emotional well-being. As such, recent
work has examined the neural mechanisms through which socioeconomic position (SEP) …

Increased integration of functional connectivity after cognitive intervention in preschoolers from low socioeconomic status.

ML Pietto, F Giovannetti, MS Segretin… - Developmental …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Cognitive interventions that involve executive functions (EF)-demanding activities are
effective in changing task-related brain activity in children from homes with low …

Patterns of trauma among youth seeking mental health services at a community-based clinic: a latent class analysis approach

P T. Nguyen, D Basson, D Perry - Research on child and adolescent …, 2023 - Springer
We examine the association between trauma patterns, gender identity, ethnicity, foster care
involvement, and mental health needs in a sample of low-income youth. Our community …

Do younger children benefit more from cognitive and academic interventions? How training studies can provide insights into developmental changes in plasticity

AT Park, AP Mackey - Mind, Brain, and Education, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Educational interventions are frequently designed to occur during early childhood, based on
the idea that earlier intervention will have greater long‐term academic benefits. However …

Associations between epigenetic age acceleration and longitudinal measures of psychosocioeconomic stress and status

KE Markon, F Mann, C Freilich, S Cole… - Social Science & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Relationships between epigenetic aging markers and psychosocial variables such as
socioeconomic status and stress have been well-documented, but are often examined cross …

Biological embedding of child maltreatment: A systematic review of biomarkers and resilience in children and youth.

T Nelles-McGee, J Khoury, M Kenny… - … , practice, and policy, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Child maltreatment (CM) is a widespread problem associated with poor mental
and physical health outcomes. The underlying mechanisms of this link are not always well …

Left amygdala structure mediates longitudinal associations between exposure to threat and long‐term psychiatric symptomatology in youth

G Picci, BK Taylor, AD Killanin, JA Eastman… - Human Brain …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Traumatic experiences during childhood can have profound effects on stress sensitive brain
structures (eg, amygdala and hippocampus) and the emergence of psychiatric symptoms …

Dimensions of early adversity and sexual behavior in a US population-based adolescent sample

JL Thomas, NL Colich, KA McLaughlin… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose Early life adversity (ELA) is associated with sexual risk, but ELA dimensions—and
potential mechanisms—have been less examined. We evaluated associations between …