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August 19th, 2010

Stories of interest for August 18th

  • Growing up poor can affect brain development – Article regarding how the brain develops when one is impoverished. Of course, the connection is not between money and the brain but varied experiences, positive environments, and possibility–things that are lacking when one is poor. Interestingly, the environment supposedly plays a larger role in IQ level when a child is raised poor (compared to middle class).