Neurobiological basis of cognitive development during childhood. Risk and protective factors of the child's social and environmental environment

Abstract

PROBLEM: socio-environmental factors are seen today with the importance they deserve. These factors can affect the life of an infant and they have the capacity to mark life, in such a way that in the face of adversity in the early stages of life, they can manifest themselves in adulthood as physical, emotional, mental health problems, even a premature death or suicide. OBJECTIVE: characterize the social environment of children between 5 and 7 years of age at the Mimitos International Training Center in the city of Huehuetenango; to determine the risk factors of their social environment and to establish the protective factors within this environment. METHOD: all these elements will be evaluated through a questionnaire prepared by the researchers and the results will be taken in a descriptive way. RESULTS: neurobiology and psychology are related sciences in 87%. However, there are external factors, such as social determinants, that can affect the harmony of this relationship. CONCLUSION: given the social environment of the children studied, it was found that they grow up in a socially strong environment, without the social determinants of health having an adverse effect on their lives.