This paper describes a scoping review of 42 studies of neighborhood effects on
developmental health for children ages 0–6, published between 2009 and 2014. It focuses …

Research suggests that many children are exposed to adverse experiences in childhood.
Such adverse childhood exposures may result in stress and trauma, which are associated …

Although early-life adversity can undermine healthy development, children growing up in
harsh environments may develop intact, or even enhanced, skills for solving problems in …

Low socioeconomic status (SES) in childhood is associated with deficits in executive
function and changes in cortical morphology. Furthermore, rates of childhood obesity are …

Background A growing body of evidence links socioeconomic status (SES) to children's
brain structure. Few studies, however, have specifically investigated relations of SES to …

Growing evidence suggests that childhood socioeconomic status (SES) influences neural
development, which may contribute to the well-documented SES-related disparities in …

Despite rapidly growing research on parental influences on children's executive function
(EF), the uniqueness and specificity of parental predictors and links between adult EF and …

There is a strong positive association between childhood socioeconomic status (SES) and
academic achievement. This disparity may, in part, be explained by differences in early …

Importance The negative effects of socioeconomic disadvantage on lifelong functioning are
pronounced, with some evidence suggesting that these effects are mediated by changes in …

Highlights•Sensitive periods in humans are studied using methods developed in animal
models•Environmental deprivation is the predominant approach to studying sensitive …