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Aspen Ideas Festival
The Neuroscience of Poverty
Season 2
Episode 18
Poverty is a powerful stressor that influences growth and development in children, and physical and mental health throughout adulthood. Science and imaging technology are making its impact visible, demonstrating how the socioeconomic disparities that flow from historical injustice alter brain structures.
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