The effects of early life adversity on children's mental health and cognitive functioning

M Wade, L Wright, KE Finegold - Translational Psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
Emerging evidence suggests that partially distinct mechanisms may underlie the association
between different dimensions of early life adversity (ELA) and psychopathology in children …

[HTML][HTML] Sensitive periods in executive function development

A Thompson, N Steinbeis - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Executive functions (EFs) are cognitive processes that support flexible goal pursuit. Healthy
development of EFs during childhood is critical for later life outcomes including health …

Associations of early-life threat and deprivation with executive functioning in childhood and adolescence: a systematic review and meta-analysis

D Johnson, J Policelli, M Li, A Dharamsi, Q Hu… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Many studies have demonstrated an association between early-life adversity
(ELA) and executive functioning in children and adolescents. However, the aggregate …

Global deficits in executive functioning are transdiagnostic mediators between severe childhood neglect and psychopathology in adolescence

M Wade, CH Zeanah, NA Fox, CA Nelson - Psychological medicine, 2020 - cambridge.org
BackgroundChildren reared in institutions experience profound deprivation that is
associated with both heightened levels of psychopathology and deficits in executive …

A systematic review of interventions to ameliorate the impact of adversity on brain development

CL McDermott, ES Norton, AP Mackey - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2023 - Elsevier
Adversity, including abuse, neglect, and poverty, impacts child brain development. However,
the developing brain is highly plastic, and some of the impacts of childhood adversity may …

What was learned from studying the effects of early institutional deprivation

MR Gunnar, M Bowen - Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 2021 - Elsevier
The effect of experiences in infancy on human development is a central question in
developmental science. Children raised in orphanage-like institutions for their first year or so …

In context: A developmental model of reward processing, with implications for autism and sensitive periods

CC Clements, K Ascunce, CA Nelson - … of the American Academy of Child …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Differences in reward processing have been associated with numerous psychiatric
disorders, including autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Many …

Family‐based care buffers the stress sensitizing effect of early deprivation on executive functioning difficulties in adolescence

M Wade, KA McLaughlin, GA Buzzell, NA Fox… - Child …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We examined whether family care following early‐life deprivation buffered the association
between stressful life events (SLEs) and executive functioning (EF) in adolescence. In early …

Inhibitory control in trauma-exposed youth: A systematic review

J van der Bij, RO den Kelder, B Montagne… - Neuroscience & …, 2020 - Elsevier
The aim of this systematic review was to provide insight in inhibitory control (prepotent
response inhibition and interference control) in trauma-exposed youth from a developmental …

The relationship between childhood stress and distinct stages of dynamic behavior monitoring in adults: neural and behavioral correlates

J Wu, Y Liu, H Fang, S Qin, N Kohn… - Social Cognitive and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Childhood adversity is a major risk factor for emotional and cognitive disorders later in
adulthood. Behavior monitoring, one of the most important components of cognitive control …