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Modality Matters: Intact and Enhanced Memory Skills in Children From High-Stress Environments.

GPGabriele PaoneEthnographic Museum ADArran DavisEthnographic Museum ECEmma CohenEthnographic Museum

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This research aims to investigate memory skills in children from high-stress environments compared to those from lower-stress areas.
Participants included children from Scampia and Pozzuoli in Naples, Italy.
Part 1 used conventional abstract stimuli; Part 2 used social stimuli to assess memory performance.
Comparative analysis between high-stress and lower-stress groups for both short-term and working memory.
Scampia children performed similarly to Pozzuoli children with abstract stimuli.
In contrast, Scampia children outperformed Pozzuoli peers in both short-term and working memory with social stimuli.
These outcomes reflect the complexity of memory development in challenging environments.

Abstract

= 1.49 years) from two environments in Naples (Italy): Scampia, a neighborhood characterized by chronic socioeconomic hardship, and Pozzuoli, a comparatively lower-stress area. In Part 1, which used conventional abstract stimuli, Scampia children performed similarly to the Pozzuoli control group. In Part 2, which used social stimuli, Scampia children outperformed Pozzuoli peers in both STM and WM. These findings highlight the complexity of memory development, showing that children from high-stress environments can exhibit intact or even enhanced skills that are functionally relevant to the challenges of their surroundings.

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