Participating institutions

Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP)

Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

University of Oxford, UK

USC-Office of Population Studies Foundation, Inc (OPS) Cebu, Philippines.  

University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil.  

CIIPEC Researchers

Manuel Ramirez Zea, PhD

Paul Melgar, MsC

Other collaborating researchers

Aryeh Stein, PhD

Funding agency

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

General objective

Describe the patterns of development of cognitive functioning across life from early childhood to adulthood

Identify critical factors to predict or mediate these patterns, with special focus on determinants of persistent deficit or resilience; and

Assess the impact of these patterns on adult cognitive, executive and social emotional function and a wider array of measures of social human capital, including schooling attainment, employment history, income, family formation, and mental health.

Methodology

In order to reach the purpose of the study we will administer a battery of modules from the NIH Toolbox to provide comprehensive assessment of Executive Function, Attention, Episodic Memory, Language, Processing Speed, Working Memory, Audition and Vision, as well as Social an Emotional Functioning.

 We will administer a set of modules to collect a wide range of data relating to human social capital and socialization. These include measures of work history, marital and family history, alcohol and illicit drugs, history of perpetration and experience of violence, history of arrest/incarcelation, mental health and perceived relative socio-economic status.