Poverty and brain development during childhood
Subtitle: an approach from cognitive psychology and neuroscience
By: Sebastián J. Lipina and Jorge A. Colombo.
Contributors: Colombo, Jorge A.
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781433804458
Subjects: Child development deviations; Poverty -- Psychological aspects; Brain -- Growth; Developmental neurophysiology; Cognitive neuroscience
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Conceptualization and measurement of poverty; title: Experimental models: effects of physical and social privation on brain development; title: Effects of poverty on development I: health, educational, and psychometric perspectives; title: Effects of poverty on development II: neuroscience perspectives; title: Intervention programs; title: Contributions to public policies.