Resilience As a Moderator of Discrimination-Related Cortical Thinning: A Neuroimaging Investigation of Social Determinants of Health

This study examines whether resilience buffers discrimination-related cortical thickness reductions in youth. Parents and youth (n=34) completed questionnaires; cortical thickness was measured via FreeSurfer. We hypothesize discrimination predicts thinner cortex, resilience predicts thicker cortex, and resilience moderates discrimination's neural effects, informing interventions to protect brain health in discriminated youth.