Low socioeconomic status and poor nutrition are associated with less brain growth and reduced activation of specific brain regions, which may impact school readiness, higher-order thinking, memory, and self-regulation, according to Hung et al. (2023), Moriguchi & Shinohara (2019), and Tomasi & Volkow (2021).

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