Neighborhood air pollution is negatively associated with neurocognitive maturation in early adolescence.

ABSTRACT: The ability to maintain focus and process task-relevant information continues developing during adolescence, but the specific physical environmental factors that influence this development remain poorly characterized. One candidate factor is air pollution. Evidence suggests that small particulate matter and NO2 concentrations in the air may negatively impact cognitive development in childhood. We assessed the relationship between neighborhood air pollution and the changes in performance on the n-back task, a test of attention and working memory, in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study's baseline (ages 9-10) and two-year-follow-up releases (Y2, ages 11-12; n = 5,256). In the behavioral domain, multiple linear regression showed that developmental change in n-

SUBMITTER: Kardan O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10187199 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature