Neurodevelopmental milestones and associated behaviours are similar among healthy children across diverse geographical locations

It is unclear whether the sequence and timing of early life neurodevelopment varies across human populations, excluding the effects of disease or malnutrition. Here, the authors show that children of healthy, urban, educated mothers show very similar development across five geographically diverse po...

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Main Authors: José Villar, Michelle Fernandes, Manorama Purwar, Eleonora Staines-Urias, Paola Di Nicola, Leila Cheikh Ismail, Roseline Ochieng, Fernando Barros, Elaine Albernaz, Cesar Victora, Naina Kunnawar, Sophie Temple, Francesca Giuliani, Tamsin Sandells, Maria Carvalho, Eric Ohuma, Yasmin Jaffer, Alison Noble, Michael Gravett, Ruyan Pang, Ann Lambert, Enrico Bertino, Aris Papageorghiou, Cutberto Garza, Alan Stein, Zulfiqar Bhutta, Stephen Kennedy
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/e2c8bcbe5022437ebb471b439f6e45b7
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Summary:It is unclear whether the sequence and timing of early life neurodevelopment varies across human populations, excluding the effects of disease or malnutrition. Here, the authors show that children of healthy, urban, educated mothers show very similar development across five geographically diverse populations.