Large study to study impact on early brain development of financial assistance to low-income mothers

___ Does grow­ing up poor harm brain devel­op­ment? (The Econ­o­mist): “Plen­ty of evi­dence sug­gests that grow­ing up poor, liv­ing through these kinds of scrapes, has a detri­men­tal impact on child devel­op­ment. Chil­dren from rich fam­i­lies tend to have bet­ter lan­guage and mem­o­ry skills than those from poor fam­i­lies. More afflu­ent chil­dren usu­al­ly per­form bet­ter in…

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