Journal
TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES
Volume 13, Issue 2, Pages 65-73Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2008.11.003
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- NIH [R01-HD043078, R01-HD055689, R01-DA14129, R01 DA0189913]
- ONR [N000140710034]
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Childhood socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with cognitive achievement throughout life. How does SES relate to brain development, and what are the mechanisms by which SES might exert its influence? We review studies in which behavioral, electrophysiological and neuroimaging methods have been used to characterize SES disparities in neurocognitive function. These studies indicate that SES is an important predictor of neurocognitive performance, particularly of language and executive function, and that SES differences are found in neural processing even when performance levels are equal. Implications for basic cognitive neuroscience and for understanding and ameliorating the problems related to childhood poverty are discussed.
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