- Not statistically significant: Poverty payments boosting babies brainwaves EEG study results are not statistically significant after correction for multiple hypotheses https://www.pnas.org/content/119/5/e2115649119 18 comments science
- Giving Moms Money Can Boost Babies’ Brain Activity. Researchers measured stronger high-frequency brain activity—which is associated with improved language, cognitive and social-emotional functioning—among healthy 1-year-olds whose families received $333 per month for a year. https://www.pnas.org/content/119/5/e2115649119 3 comments science
Linking pages
- Cash Aid to Poor Mothers Increases Brain Activity in Babies, Study Finds - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/24/us/politics/child-tax-credit-brain-function.html?referringSource=articleShare 191 comments
- Of course pre-K and cash help kids … right? - Vox https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/22904345/pre-k-cash-baby-brain-social-science 14 comments
- The Real Lesson of That Cash-for-Babies Study - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/02/cash-transfer-babies-study-neuroscience-hype/621488 3 comments
- Can giving parents cash help with babies’ brain development? - Vox https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/22893313/cash-babies-brain-development 1 comment