How Poverty Alters the Young Brain

Holly White-Wolfe 8/26/161:24 PM

Eric Jaffe of City Lab wrote a compelling article in June 2015 showcasing how new research reveals a strong connection between income and the surface area of several key neural regions.

"At the lowest end of the income spectrum, little increases in family earnings could mean larger differences in the brain. At the middle and upper income levels, though, the money-brain curve flattened. In other words, wealth can’t necessarily buy a better brain, but deprivation can result in a weakened one."

Carla Denner, Sonoma County ACEs Connection, shares the link to whole article here: http://www.citylab.com/work/20...-young-brain/395390/

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