Selective attention neutralizes the adverse effects of low socioeconomic status on memory in 9-month-old infants

Selective attention neutralizes the adverse effects of low socioeconomic status on memory in 9-month-old infants

Socioeconomic status (SES) has a documented impact on brain and cognitive development. We demonstrate that engaging spatial selective attention mechanisms may counteract this negative influence of impoverished environments on early learning. We previously used a spatial cueing task to compare target...

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Main Authors: Julie Markant, Laura K. Ackerman, Kate Nussenbaum, Dima Amso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-04-01
Series:Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Subjects:
Selective attention
Infancy
Socioeconomic status
Memory
Resilience
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929315300311

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