TY - JOUR T1 - Child development in the context of adversity: experiential canalization of brain and behavior. JF - Am Psychol Y1 - 2012 A1 - Blair, Clancy A1 - Raver, C Cybele KW - Adaptation, Psychological KW - Brain KW - Child KW - Child Development KW - Humans KW - Infant KW - Models, Psychological KW - Poverty KW - Stress, Psychological AB -

The authors examine the effects of poverty-related adversity on child development, drawing upon psychobiological principles of experiential canalization and the biological embedding of experience. They integrate findings from research on stress physiology, neurocognitive function, and self-regulation to consider adaptive processes in response to adversity as an aspect of children's development. Recent research on early caregiving is paired with research in prevention science to provide a reorientation of thinking about the ways in which psychosocial and economic adversity are related to continuity in human development.

VL - 67 IS - 4 ER -