An extensive literature on childhood adversity and neurodevelopment has emerged over the
past decade. We evaluate two conceptual models of adversity and neurodevelopment—the …

It is now widely recognized that children exposed to adverse life events in the first years of
life are at increased risk for a variety of neural, behavioral, and psychological sequelae. As …

Discovering the processes through which early adverse experiences affect children's
nervous-system development, health, and behavior is critically important for developing …

Investigating the developmental sequelae of early life stress has provided researchers the
opportunity to examine adaptive responses to extreme environments. A large body of work …

Executive functions (EF), including working memory, inhibition, and cognitive flexibility, vary
as a function of socioeconomic status (SES), with children from economically disadvantaged …

Early life adversity (ELA) is associated with poorer health in adulthood, an association
explained, at least in part, by increased engagement in health‐risk behaviors (HRBs). In this …

Growing evidence suggests that childhood socioeconomic status (SES) influences neural
development, which may contribute to the well-documented SES-related disparities in …

Early‐life stress confers profound and lasting risk for developing cognitive, social, emotional,
and physical health problems. The effects of stress on the developing brain contribute to this …

Exposure to childhood adversity is common and a powerful risk factor for many forms of
psychopathology. In this opinion piece, we argue for greater translation of knowledge about …

The overarching objective is to review how early exposure to adversity interacts with
inflammation to alter brain maturation. Both adversity and inflammation are significant risk …