CCF Speaker Series Koraly Perez-Edgar, Ph.D. 10-02-2015

Attention Processes in Socioemotional Development: Linking Early Risk to Later Disorder Koraly Perez-Edgar, Ph.D. The talk will present a developmental psychobiological model of self- regulation development, focusing on executive functions in early childhood. Data in support of a model linking early experience with stress response physiology and executive function abilities will be presented from a prospective longitudinal sample of 1,292 children and families in predominantly low income and non-urban communities in two distinct regions of high poverty in the US. The idea that self-regulation may be a primary pathway through which the conditions of poverty adversely affect child outcomes will be explored from the perspective of experiential canalization and the hypothesis that deficits in self-regulation can account for poverty related gaps in school readiness and early school achievement will be examined.

Koraly Perez-Edgar Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University

10/2/2015 4:00:00 PM