Socioeconomic gradients predict individual differences in neurocognitive abilities

Developmental Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 464-480

  Noble, Kimberly G ^a,b,c   McCandliss, Bruce D ^b   Farah, Martha J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; CHILD; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

APTITUDE; CHILD; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34249798700     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00600.x     Document Type: Review

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