Poverty can physically impair brain, reducing children's ability to learn

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chronic stress from growing up in poverty can physiologically impact children's brains, impairing their working memory and diminishing their ability to develop language, reading and problem-solving skills, reports a new Cornell study.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news158594009.html">Poverty can physically impair brain, reducing children's ability to learn</a></p> <p>(PhysOrg.com) -- Chronic stress from growing up in poverty can physiologically impact children's brains, impairing their working memory and diminishing their ability to develop language, reading and problem-solving skills, reports a new Cornell study.</p>