This is one of the most socially important scientific findings I've ever been a part of.
SES has a larger cross-sectional effect on brain function than any other variable.
Prediction of IQ from brain data is actually mostly just predicting SES.
Mind blowing.
Thanks @ariellekeller.bsky.social !
And yes, please check out the amazing perspective by @lucindasisk.bsky.social and @ted-satterthwaite.bsky.social!
Evan Gordon
Scott Marek
What matters most for childhood brain organization?
We analyzed 649 variables.
The answer: Socioeconomics (SES); with brain patterns pointing at sleep & stress as drivers.
Even brain-IQ associations were better explained by SES.
In Science today: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Scott Marek
The evidence is clear: socioeconomic conditions play an *enormous* role in brain development
Amazing work by @smarek0502.bsky.social &co
doi.org/10.1126/science.aee6213
+perspective by @lucindasisk.bsky.social & @ted-satterthwaite.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1126/science.aei3393
#neuroskyence #PsychSky
Previous brain-wide association studies (BWAS) have linked specific environmental and behavioral variables to brain variability. In this work, we mapped 649 variables to children’s brains and compared...