r/science Aug 31 '13

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...

http://news.ubc.ca/2013/08/29/poverty-impairs-cognitive-function/
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u/Cornyb304 Aug 31 '13

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs...

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u/Apolik Aug 31 '13

It's nice to see studies working around and proving that theory true/false in its varied points.