Communications Biology (Apr 2021)

Childhood socioeconomic status is associated with psychometric intelligence and microstructural brain development

  • Hikaru Takeuchi,
  • Yasuyuki Taki,
  • Kohei Asano,
  • Michiko Asano,
  • Yuko Sassa,
  • Susumu Yokota,
  • Yuka Kotozaki,
  • Rui Nouchi,
  • Ryuta Kawashima

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01974-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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Takeuchi et al perform cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of associations between childhood socioeconomic status and psychometric intelligence as well as microstructural brain development in Japanese children. They report that higher socioeconomic status is associated with greater psychometric intelligence and altered microstructural properties in the fusiform gyrus which plays a role in reading and letter recognition.