Kimberly G. Noble|Laura E. Engelhardt|Natalie H. Brito|Luke Mack|Elizabeth J. Nail|Jyoti Angal|Rachel Barr|William P. Fifer|Amy J. Elliott
Socioeconomic disparities in neurocognitive development in the first two years of life
Columbia University|The University of Texas at Austin|Columbia University|Sanford Research|University of Iowa|Sanford Research|Georgetown University|Columbia University|Sanford Research
abstract socioeconomic status ses strongly associated cognition achievement socioeconomic disparities language memory skills reported elementary school adolescence less known extent disparities emerge infancy 179 infants socioeconomically diverse families recruited using cohortsequential design 90 infants followed 9 15 months 89 followed 15 21 months ses disparities developmental trajectories language memory present 21 months age children highly educated parents scored approximately 8 standard deviations higher language memory children less educated parents home language literacy environment parental warmth partially accounted disparities language memory development 2015 wiley periodicals inc dev psychobiol 57 535551 2015