Tuesday, February 22, 2022

This junk-science is what passes for FRONT PAGE in America. And the Muskegon Chronicle!-----Cash Aid to Poor Mothers Increases Brain Activity in Babies, Study Finds - The New York Times

Cash Aid to Poor Mothers Increases Brain Activity in Babies, Study Finds - The New York Times
"WASHINGTON — A (government full-paid for) study that provided poor mothers with cash stipends for the first year of their children’s lives appears to have changed the babies’ brain activity in ways associated with stronger cognitive development, a finding with potential implications for safety net policy.
...Still, evidence that a single year of subsidies could alter something as profound as brain functioning highlights the role that money may play in child development and comes as President Biden is pushing for a much larger program of subsidies for families with children.
“This is a big scientific finding,” said Martha J. Farah, a neuroscientist at the University of Pennsylvania...Read all!

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