SES, Childhood Experience, and the Neural Bases of Cognition

The Oxford Handbook of Poverty and Child Development

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Farah, Martha J ^a   Hackman, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain development; Child development; Cognitive development; Neuroscience; Poverty; SES

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924561591     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199769100.013.0017     Document Type: Chapter

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