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August 17, 2025

Poverty and Caregiver Mental Health are Related to Infant and Toddler Resting State Brain Networks: Insights from fNIRS

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KJKaja Kinga JasińskaHWHannah WhiteheadSWSharon Wolf

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Longitudinal study examines poverty and maternal mental health effects on neural networks in infants, suggesting unique pathways of influence.

Key Points

  • Greater exposure to poverty reduces network segregation and integration in infants, while maternal mental health symptoms increase these metrics.
  • Analysis identified a link between maternal poverty and neural network organization, with implications for long-term development outcomes.
  • Utilizing functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), the study measured resting-state brain activity across 42 economically vulnerable children.
  • These findings emphasize the need for supporting both maternal health and poverty alleviation to foster optimal brain development in infants.

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Jasińska et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68a36a480a429f797332ecf8https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/2tk38_v1
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