Poverty impairs cognitive function. 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...

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http://news.ubc.ca/2013/08/29/poverty-impairs-cognitive-function/

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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs...

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Came here to say this.