- Poverty affects the brain, according to study http://www.msnbc.com/weekends-with-alex-witt/watch/poverty-affects-the-brain-according-to-study-753123395614 11 comments politics
- Severe poverty affects children's brain development, study finds http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/08/30/severe-poverty-affects-childrens-brain-development-study-finds.html 2 comments worldnews
- The physiological stress on kids that accompanies poverty can adversely affect brain development and hinder working memory in adulthood. http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/03/poordevelopment.html 3 comments science
- Experiences early in life such as poverty, residential instability, or parental divorce or substance abuse, can lead to changes in a child’s brain chemistry, muting the effects of stress hormones, and affect a child’s ability to focus or organize tasks, finds a new study. http://www.washington.edu/news/2019/06/04/how-early-life-challenges-affect-how-children-focus-face-the-day/ 919 comments science