Neurodevelopmental assessments used to measure preschoolers' cognitive development in Latin America: a systematic review

ME Williams, EA Corn… - Journal of pediatric …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Objective The objective of this study was to systematically review the standardized
neurodevelopmental assessments used to study preschool-aged children's cognitive …

Importance of cultural context in the study of children's executive functions: Advances in Latin America research

LG Gago‐Galvagno, SE Miller… - Child Development …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Although executive functions (EFs) have been identified as a cornerstone of cognitive
development, knowledge of this fundamental ability in children is based primarily on …

[HTML][HTML] What matters most for early childhood development? Evidence from Malda district, India

R Sk - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background The early period of a child's life is considered to be the most important
developmental stage throughout the lifespan. Around 250 million children of age below five …

Income, wealth, and Black-White disparities in cognition

DA Glei, C Lee, M Weinstein - Social Science & Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
We investigated the contributions of income and wealth (beyond education) to Black–White
disparities in cognition and evaluated whether the role of socioeconomic status (SES) varies …

Associations between maternal behavior, infant joint attention, and social vulnerability

AC Simaes, LGG Galvagno, LA Passarini… - Cognitive …, 2022 - Elsevier
Maternal behaviors, coordination of attention between caregivers and infants, and social
vulnerability of families are factors of great relevance for child development. Given the …

[PDF][PDF] The Brain Imaging for Global Health (BRIGHT) Project: Longitudinal Cohort Study Protocol

S Lloyd-Fox, S McCann, B Milosavljevic, L Katus… - 2024 - qmro.qmul.ac.uk
There is a scarcity of prospective longitudinal research targeted at early postnatal life which
maps developmental pathways of earlystage processing and brain specialisation in the …

[HTML][HTML] Propiedades Psicométricas de la Escala WISC-V en escolares rurales chilenos

M Rodríguez-Cancino, MB Vizcarra… - Psykhe …, 2022 - SciELO Chile
En Chile, la Escala Wechsler de Inteligencia para niños (WISC-R y WISC-III) se ha utilizado
masivamente en población escolar urbana y rural, sin contar con estudios sobre su ajuste …

[HTML][HTML] Associations between urban birth or childhood trauma and first-episode schizophrenia mediated by low IQ

M Xie, Z Zhao, M Dai, Y Wu, Y Huang, Y Liu, Y Tang… - Schizophrenia, 2022 - nature.com
Exposure to urban birth, childhood trauma, and lower Intelligence Quotient (IQ) were the
most well-established risk factors for schizophrenia in developed countries. In developing …

Social and individual factors modulate parent-infant interactions: Lessons from free play sessions in an Argentine sample

LG Gago-Galvagno, AM Elgier - Infant Behavior and Development, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, we aimed to explore the associations between socioeconomic status (SES)(ie,
parents' education and occupation, quality of the home and overcrowding), temperament …

School location influencing parental involvement and cognitive skills of grade 1 students in Jamaica

SM Cole - International Journal of Early Years Education, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In Jamaica, schools located in rural, city and inner-city areas experience different realities
which may influence parental involvement and students' academic outcomes. Therefore, this …