Adolescenceâ€" beginning with the onset of puberty and ending in the mid-20sâ€" is a
critical period of development during which key areas of the brain mature and develop …

Human beings differ in their socioeconomic status (SES), with accompanying differences in
physical and mental health as well as cognitive ability. Although SES has long been used as …

The hippocampus provided the gateway into much of what we have learned about stress
and brain structural and functional plasticity, and this initial focus has expanded to other …

Exposures to adverse environments, both psychosocial and physicochemical, are prevalent
and consequential across a broad range of childhood populations. Such adversity …

Children who experience chronic stressors are vulnerable to emotional and physical health
problems across the lifespan. This phenomenon raises questions for scientists and …

Neuroscience research has elucidated broad relationships between socioeconomic status
(SES) and young children's brain structure, but there is little mechanistic knowledge about …

Effective early education is essential for academic achievement and positive life outcomes,
particularly for children in poverty. Advances in neuroscience suggest that a focus on self …

Recent advances in neuroimaging methods have made accessible new ways of
disentangling the complex interplay between genetic and environmental factors that …

Recent research shows that blunted cardiovascular and cortisol reactions to acute
psychological stress are associated with adverse behavioural and health outcomes …

Socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with health (physical and mental) and cognitive
ability. Understanding and ameliorating the problems of low SES have long been goals of …