Mapping the trajectory of socioeconomic disparity in working memory: Parental and neighborhood factors

Child Development

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1433-1445

  Hackman, Daniel A ^a,d   Betancourt, Laura M ^b   Gallop, Robert ^c   Romer, Daniel ^a   Brodsky, Nancy L ^b   Hurt, Hallam ^b   Farah, Martha J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PARENTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84904365990     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12242     Document Type: Article

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