Effects of socioeconomic status on brain development, and how cognitive neuroscience may contribute to levelling the playing field

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Raizada, Rajeev D S ^a   Kishiyama, Mark M ^b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental neuroscience; Early intervention; Environment; Poverty; Review

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIORISM; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LIFE EVENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROIMAGING; PERSEVERATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PREDICTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; REVIEW; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 77955949694     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.09.003.2010     Document Type: Review

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