Growing up in neighborhoods with more educational and socioeconomic opportunities has a positive impact on infants' brain activity, according to new research from Boston Medical Center (BMC).
Boston Medical CenterJun 27 2024 Growing up in neighborhoods with more educational and socioeconomic opportunities has a positive impact on infants' brain activity, according to new research from Boston Medical Center . The study, published in The Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics , suggests that enhancing neighborhood opportunities, particularly in education, can be a promising approach to promoting early childhood development .
This study highlights that even in infancy, neighborhoods matter for child development. Our findings suggest that focusing on neighborhood opportunities, like increasing access to high-quality education, can promote child neurodevelopment." The researchers collected their data from 65 infants in community pediatric practices in the Boston and Los Angeles areas. The team examined whether associations between neighborhood opportunity and children's cognitive development at 12 months of age could be explained by differences in brain activity at six months of age, measured by electroencephalography . Cognitive development was measured using the Mullen Scales of Early Learning , a standardized play-based developmental assessment.
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