Poverty and the Brain
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Researchers at two local universities are looking into how poverty impacts young minds.
Researchers at two local universities are looking into how poverty impacts young minds. In one study, researchers at Northwestern University find that children whose mothers have less education don’t hear sounds as clearly as children whose mothers have more education. We have the story.
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Poverty and the Brain
Clip: 11/5/2013 | 6m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
Researchers at two local universities are looking into how poverty impacts young minds. In one study, researchers at Northwestern University find that children whose mothers have less education don’t hear sounds as clearly as children whose mothers have more education. We have the story.
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