How Proverty is taxing your brain

[Iamnoone]

the condition of poverty imposed a mental burden akin to losing 13 IQ points, or comparable to the cognitive difference that’s been observed between chronic alcoholics and normal adults.

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2013/08/how-poverty-taxes-brain/6716/

 

[Regular_P]

That's great research. Anyone who's had to worry about money can relate.

 

[TheReal_Broke_88m3_13]

bump..

 

[Madvillain]

 

[Iamnoone]

It hits a lot of points about privileged people who like to throw around that poverty stricken people just need to work harder and just get out of the situation, like its so easy to do.

 

[Broke Wave]

Damn so I grew up in poverty and I'm still a genius.

Imagine what could have been breh

 

[Reality]

the condition of poverty imposed a mental burden akin to losing 13 IQ points, or comparable to the cognitive difference that’s been observed between chronic alcoholics and normal adults.

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2013/08/how-poverty-taxes-brain/6716/

*looks at thread title*

speaking from firsthand experience?

 

[OsO]

poverty causes stress, stress inhibits brain and body function.

but ultimately its not the stress, it's our reaction to the stress. and as a people we have been conditioned to react negatively to stress, thus it's killing us.