Differences in educational opportunity predict white matter development.

ABSTRACT: Coarse measures of socioeconomic status, such as parental income or parental education, have been linked to differences in white matter development. However, these measures do not provide insight into specific aspects of an individual's environment and how they relate to brain development. On the other hand, educational intervention studies have shown that changes in an individual's educational context can drive measurable changes in their white matter. These studies, however, rarely consider socioeconomic factors in their results. In the present study, we examined the unique relationship between educational opportunity and white matter development, when controlling other known socioeconomic factors. To explore this question, we leveraged the rich demographic and neuroimaging data availabl

SUBMITTER: Roy E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11636918 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature