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Berkeley researchers find brain differences between rich and poor kids
- sysop073 18y ago"9- and 10-year-olds differing only in socioeconomic status" I suspect differing in socioeconomic status would cause other differences too
- mynameishere 18y agoAnd be caused by other differences as well.
- kingkongrevenge 18y agoI like how the explanation is automatically deprivation and no consideration is even given to the possibility of heritability.
- mhartl 18y agoIndeed. But it is, after all, the UC Berkeley News, so I don't think we could realistically expect anything different.
- patio11 18y agoI have no dog in the nature versus nurture fight, but isn't it amusing that the examples of "deprivation" given are things which socially appeal to the investigator? "Get your kid to the museum or they'll end up brain damaged!" On the basis of the available evidence couldn't it just as easily be "Park your kid at home in front of a Playstation and then make sure they're picked on at school for being geeks or they'll be brain damaged!"
- MaysonL 18y agoI wonder which group watches more TV and which one plays more videogames?