Poverty imposes costs on children’s neuroendocrine function, early brain development, and cognitive ability.

Evidence

Poverty, Stress, and Brain Development: New Directions for … (PMC / National Library of Medicine)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Personal financial decisions reflect deeper emotional struggles. — Hamlin Garland Munseys, A Daughter of the Middle Border, 611; Poverty impedes cognitive function by reducing mental bandwidth, creating a bidirectional relationship. — Financial scarcity and cognitive performance: A meta-analysis; Iodine deficiency is a major unrecognized cause of lowered intelligence — Harriet A. Washington, A Terrible Thing to Waste, 21 (+1 more)

Related

• Poverty impedes cognitive function by reducing mental bandwidth, creating a bidirectional relationship. (similarity 0.85)

Broader Connections

• Iodine deficiency is a major unrecognized cause of lowered intelligence #expands (0.70) — Harriet A. Washington, A Terrible Thing to Waste, 21