title: Strengths and weakness of neuroscientific investigations of childhood poverty: future directions.
abstract: The neuroscientific study of child poverty is a topic that has only recently emerged. In comparison with previous reviews (e.g., Hackman and Farah, 2009; Lipina and Colombo, 2009; Hackman et al., 2010; Raizada and Kishiyama, 2010; Lipina and Posner, 2012), our perspective synthesizes findings, and summarizes both conceptual and methodological contributions, as well as challenges that face current neuroscientific approaches to the study of childhood poverty. The aim of this effort is to identify target areas of study that could potentially help build a basic and applied research agenda for the coming years.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Neurobiología Aplicada (UNA, CEMIC-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Capital Federal Argentina.
authors.forename: Sebastián J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lipina
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Neurobiología Aplicada (UNA, CEMIC-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Capital Federal Argentina.
authors.forename: M Soledad
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Segretin
keywords: brain plasticity; childhood poverty; interventions; policy making; social inequality