Socioeconomic disparities in academic achievement: A multi-modal investigation of neural mechanisms in children and adolescents.

ABSTRACT: Growing evidence suggests that childhood socioeconomic status (SES) influences neural development, which may contribute to the well-documented SES-related disparities in academic achievement. However, the particular aspects of SES that impact neural structure and function are not well understood. Here, we investigate associations of childhood SES and a potential mechanism-degree of cognitive stimulation in the home environment-with cortical structure, white matter microstructure, and neural function during a working memory (WM) task across development. Analyses included 53 youths (age 6-19 years). Higher SES as reflected in the income-to-needs ratio was associated with higher parent-reported achievement, WM performance, and cognitive stimulation in the home environment. Although SES was no

SUBMITTER: Rosen ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5944356 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature