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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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 Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 9:16 am Post subject: Poverty impairs cognitive function |
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http://news.ubc.ca/2013/08/29/poverty-impairs-cognitive-function/
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Poverty consumes so much mental energy that those in poor circumstances have little remaining brainpower to concentrate on other areas of life, new research finds. As a result, those with few resources are more likely to make bad decisions that perpetuate their financial woes.
Published in the journal Science, the study suggests our cognitive abilities can be diminished by the exhausting effort of tasks like scrounging to pay bills. As a result, less “mental bandwidth” remains for education, training, time-management, and other steps that could help break out of the cycles of poverty...In one set of experiments, the researchers found that pressing financial concerns had an immediate negative impact on the ability of low-income individuals to perform on common cognitive and logic tests. On average, a person preoccupied with money problems exhibited a drop in cognitive function similar to a 13-point dip in IQ, or the loss of an entire night’s sleep. |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 10:48 am Post subject: |
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| Oh right, that forum. I haven't gone there for quite some time now. |
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Who's Your Daddy?
Joined: 30 May 2010
Location: Victoria, Canada.
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| Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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I'd say most people, not just those in poverty, should stop blaming society or external causes, for difficulties in life. Everyone has difficulties in life.
Second, opportunity = hard work, and that hasn't been emphasized enough. |
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