Environmental influences on the pace of brain development

UA Tooley, DS Bassett, AP Mackey - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2021 - nature.com
Childhood socio-economic status (SES), a measure of the availability of material and social
resources, is one of the strongest predictors of lifelong well-being. Here we review evidence …

Socioeconomic status and child psychopathology in the United States: A meta-analysis of population-based studies

M Peverill, MA Dirks, T Narvaja, KL Herts… - Clinical psychology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Children raised in families with low socioeconomic status (SES) are more likely to exhibit
symptoms of psychopathology. However, the strength of this association, the specific indices …

Why and how does early adversity influence development? Toward an integrated model of dimensions of environmental experience

BJ Ellis, MA Sheridan, J Belsky… - Development and …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Two extant frameworks–the harshness-unpredictability model and the threat-deprivation
model–attempt to explain which dimensions of adversity have distinct influences on …

[HTML][HTML] The relationship between executive functions and academic performance in primary education: Review and meta-analysis

A Cortés Pascual, N Moyano Muñoz… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The purpose of this study was to research the relationship between executive functions and
academic performance in primary education (6–12 years). Based on 21 samples (n= 7,947) …

Biological aging in childhood and adolescence following experiences of threat and deprivation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

NL Colich, ML Rosen, ES Williams… - Psychological …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Life history theory argues that exposure to early life adversity (ELA) accelerates
development, although existing evidence for this varies. We present a meta-analysis and …

Socioeconomic status and the developing brain–A systematic review of neuroimaging findings in youth

D Rakesh, S Whittle - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
A growing literature has shown associations between socioeconomic disadvantage and
neural properties (such as brain structure and function). In this review, we aimed to …

Assessment of neighborhood poverty, cognitive function, and prefrontal and hippocampal volumes in children

RL Taylor, SR Cooper, JJ Jackson… - JAMA network open, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The association between poverty and unfavorable cognitive outcomes is robust,
but most research has focused on individual household socioeconomic status (SES). There …

Rendimiento académico y factores sociofamiliares de riesgo. Variables personales que moderan su influencia

D Rodríguez Rodríguez, R Guzmán Rosquete - Perfiles educativos, 2019 - scielo.org.mx
Este estudio tiene como objetivo principal ponderar la importancia que tienen los factores
de riesgo sociofamiliares para el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes y cómo las …

[HTML][HTML] The neurodevelopment of executive function skills: Implications for academic achievement gaps.

PD Zelazo, SM Carlson - Psychology & Neuroscience, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Introduction: Executive function (EF) skills emerge in infancy and typically become more
effective and efficient throughout childhood and adolescence and into early adulthood …

Early experiences of threat, but not deprivation, are associated with accelerated biological aging in children and adolescents

JA Sumner, NL Colich, M Uddin, D Armstrong… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Recent conceptual models argue that early life adversity (ELA) accelerates
development, which may contribute to poor mental and physical health outcomes. Evidence …