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Living in a disadvantaged neighborhood from birth is linked to an increased likelihood of an autism diagnosis, but only in children born to White mothers.

Disadvantaged neighborhoods, characterized by poverty, unemployment, and other socio-economic challenges, could pose particular environmental risks to the brain...

Neighborhood disadvantage may pose an environmental risk to brain development in children University of Southern California | May 6, 2021 Share this:     The research appears this week in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. These findings highlight the importance of neighborhood environments for child and adolescent brain development, the researchers said, and suggest that policies, programs and investments that help improve local neighborhood conditions and empower communities could ...

 E-Mail A new USC study suggests that certain neighborhoods - particularly those characterized by poverty and unemployment - may pose an environmental risk to the developing brains of children, impacting neurocognitive performance and even brain size. The research was published May 3 in the journal These findings highlight the importance of neighborhood environments for child and adolescent brain development, the researchers said, and suggest that policies, programs and investments that help ...

Disadvantaged neighborhoods may pose environmental risk to the developing brains of children A new USC study suggests that certain neighborhoods - particularly those characterized by poverty and unemployment - may pose an environmental risk to the developing brains of children, impacting neurocognitive performance and even brain size. The research was published May 3 in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. These findings highlight the importance of neighborhood environments for child and adolescent br...

Disadvantaged neighborhoods, characterized by poverty, unemployment, and other socio-economic challenges, could pose particular environmental risks to the brain...

By City News Service SWEDEN-CHILDREN-ABUSE-CRIME-RESEARCH LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Disadvantaged neighborhoods, characterized by poverty, unemployment and other socio-economic challenges, could pose particular environmental risks to the brain development of children, according to a USC study released today. The study, published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, suggests that such factors could affect adolescent neurocognitive performance and even brain size. Researchers said the findings highlight th...