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31 Dec 08

12.02.2008 - EEGs show brain differences between poor and rich kids

Look at these results in conjunction with the research Gladwell reports in Outliers showing that low-income children learn as well as the better off during the school year, but lose ground during the summer when the better off get enriching activities, and the low-income kids do not. via Stephen Downes

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"This is a wake-up call," Knight said. "It's not just that these kids are poor and more likely to have health problems, but they might actually not be getting full brain development from the stressful and relatively impoverished environment associated with low socioeconomic status: fewer books, less reading, fewer games, fewer visits to museums."