Childhood socioeconomic status and the pace of structural neurodevelopment: accelerated, delayed, or simply different?

• Published in: Trends in cognitive sciences Vol. 27; no. 9; pp. 833 - 851
• Main Authors: Rakesh, Divyangana, Whittle, Sarah, Sheridan, Margaret A., McLaughlin, Katie A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2023
• Subjects: acceleration; Adolescent; adversity; Brain; Child; delay; Humans; poverty; Social Class; socioeconomic status; structural brain development; acceleration; structural brain development; adversity; delay; poverty; socioeconomic status

Theories make contrasting predictions about whether adverse experiences and low socioeconomic status (SES) are associated with accelerated or delayed neurodevelopment.Existing evidence is more consistent with low SES predicting delayed rather than accelerated brain development. However, no existing...