Childhood poverty is associated with altered hippocampal function and visuospatial memory in adulthood

Childhood poverty is a risk factor for poorer cognitive performance during childhood and adulthood. While evidence linking childhood poverty and memory deficits in adulthood has been accumulating, underlying neural mechanisms are unknown. To investigate neurobiological links between childhood povert...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth R. Duval, Sarah N. Garfinkel, James E. Swain, Gary W. Evans, Erika K. Blackburn, Mike Angstadt, Chandra S. Sripada, Israel Liberzon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-02-01
Series:Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929316301013