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Early educational and health enrichment at age 3–5 years is associated with increased autonomic and central nervous system arousal and orienting at age 11 years: Evidence from the Mauritius Child Health Project

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Little is known about the effects of environmental enrichment on psychophysiological measures of arousal and orienting in humans. This study tests the hypothesis that early educational and health enrichment is associated with long‐term increases in psychophysiological orienting and arousal. One hundred children were experimentally assigned to a two‐year enriched nursery school intervention at ages 3–5 years and matched at age 3 years on psychophysiological measures, gender, and ethnicity to 100 comparisons who received the normal educational experience. Children were retested 6–8 years later at age 11 years on skin conductance (SC) and electroencephalogram (EEG) measures of arousal and attention during pre‐ and postexperimental rest periods and during the continuous performance task. Nursery enrichment was associated with increased SC amplitudes, faster SC rise times, faster SC recovery times, and less slow‐wave EEG during both rest and CPT conditions. This is believed to be the first study to show that early environmental enrichment is associated with long‐term increases in psychophysiological orienting and arousal in humans. Results draw attention to the important influence of the early environment in shaping later psychophysiological functioning.

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Authors
Raine, A., Venables, P. H., Dalais, C., Mellingen, K., Reynolds, C., & Mednick, S. A.
Affiliations
University of Southern California (US)
Corresponding author
Raine, Adrian
Venue
Psychophysiology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2001-03
Volume
38
Issue
2
Pages
254-266
ISSN
  • 0048-5772 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-8986
OpenAlex
W1981519104
Cited by
195
References
63
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 4 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 23 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 6
FWCI
43.78
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Psychophysiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5k05mh000619-13)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH046435, 5 K05 MH00619-08, K02MH001114, K02MH01114-01, R01 MH 46435-02)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
Keywords
environmental enrichment, early childhood education, arousal, orienting, skin conductance, EEG, slow-wave sleep, continuous performance test, attention, long-term effects
MeSH terms
Arousal, Central Nervous System, Child, Child, Preschool, Education, Female, Health, Humans, Male, Orientation, Early Intervention, Educational

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