Poverty shrinks brains from birth (original) (raw)

Studies show that children from low-income families have smaller brains and lower cognitive abilities.

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Reardon, S. Poverty shrinks brains from birth .Nature (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2015.17227

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• Published: 30 March 2015
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2015.17227