EEGs show brain differences between poor and rich kids

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www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/12/02_cortex.shtml

"Kids from lower socioeconomic levels show brain physiology patterns similar to someone who actually had damage in the frontal lobe as an adult," said Robert Knight, director of the institute and a UC Berkeley professor of psychology. "We found that kids are more likely to have a low

Comments

[neev]

Did you read the whole article or just the abstract?

[madscience]

So just because you don't like the implications of a discovery, you reject the science? Brilliant. But unfortunately typical.

[ferahgo]

IAWTC 100%.

It's so very too bad that this attitude seems to be the prevalent one nowadays, even among many scientists.

[mokele]

Thirded. Results can be disagreed with, but for legitimate reasons like "they did the statistics wrong", not just "I don't like what it says".

[cookiefromhell]

Quit buying into conventional wisdom.

[cosmicconfusion]

it is important because it shows a physiological difference that might be addressed in some ways through educational research. if you want poor people to have a better chance of becoming intelligent and successful, then addressing this discrepancy would be a high priority. don't you think?

[jirel]

See my comment below, I've had all the clasic poor upbringing and circumstances, except that I read books constantly. And I was a success and eventually worked as a Systmes Analyst. I think it did help that I remember my mother giving me vitamin pills to help out with my nutrition. Of course, we were poor because my father became disabled with Multiple Sclerosis and back then the only solution was to quit work and do nothing, hence no income.