title: Child development in the context of adversity: experiential canalization of brain and behavior.
abstract: The authors examine the effects of poverty-related adversity on child development, drawing upon psychobiological principles of experiential canalization and the biological embedding of experience. They integrate findings from research on stress physiology, neurocognitive function, and self-regulation to consider adaptive processes in response to adversity as an aspect of children's development. Recent research on early caregiving is paired with research in prevention science to provide a reorientation of thinking about the ways in which psychosocial and economic adversity are related to continuity in human development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Psychology, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University, NY 10003, USA. clancy.blair@nyu.edu
authors.forename: Clancy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blair
authors.forename: C Cybele
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Raver
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology*