14/4/2009



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I am just a poor boy though my story’s seldom told How poverty passes from generation to generation is now becoming clearer. The answer lies in the effect of stress on two particular parts of the brain ……. The crucial breakthrough was made three years ago, when Martha Farah of the University of Pennsylvania showed that the working memories of children who have been raised in poverty have smaller capacities than those of middle-class children.

I am just a poor boy though my story’s seldom told


How poverty passes from generation to generation is now becoming clearer. The answer lies in the effect of stress on two particular parts of the brain

…….

The crucial breakthrough was made three years ago, when Martha Farah of the University of Pennsylvania showed that the working memories of children who have been raised in poverty have smaller capacities than those of middle-class children.