Poverty linked to childhood depression, changes in brain connectivity
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 09:01
in Psychology & Sociology
Many negative consequences are linked to growing up poor, and researchers at Washington University St. Louis have identified one more: altered brain connectivity. Analyzing brain scans of 105 children ages 7 to 12, the researchers found that key structures in the brain are connected differently in poor children than in kids raised in more affluent […]