title: Neurocognitive development in socioeconomic context: Multiple mechanisms and implications for measuring socioeconomic status.
abstract: Socioeconomic status (SES) has been linked to functioning across a variety of neurocognitive domains including language, memory, executive functioning, and social-emotional processing. We review these findings and discuss the ways in which socioeconomic context may shape neural processes such that these skills are supported by different neurobiological pathways in children from lower versus higher SES backgrounds. Moreover, we consider the mechanisms by which SES may be related to specific neurocognitive functions. Specifically, we focus on linguistic exposure and stress as two main pathways through which SES could influence neurocognitive processes and shape relations between the neural and behavioral levels of functioning. Finally, suggestions for conceptualizing and measuring SES in future work are offered.
authors.affiliation: Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ursache
authors.affiliation: Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Kimberly G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Noble
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D012923:Social Class; D012938:Social Perception; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Brain development; Language; Neurocognitive function; Socioeconomic status; Stress