Poverty and Brain Development During Childhood: An Approach from Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience

Poverty remains an urgent crisis worldwide. In the United States, 28.6 million children live in low-income families and 12.7 million children live in poor families. In nations belonging to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 47 million children live below national poverty lines. These figures pertain to industrialized countries; rates of child poverty in some developing nations exceed 60%. Poverty and Brain Development During Childhood examines how a range of ea…