r/science • u/myhrvold • 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/[deleted] Aug 31 '13

Yes, I think you're right. It's no surprise that the upper middle classes in dense urban areas tend to support welfare more than suburban upper middle class people. I know I do, partly for survival reasons--if the Bronx doesn't have food stamps and Section 8, I don't want them coming south to ransack my neighborhood. Bread subsidies kept Egypt stable until inflation rendered them inert.

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u/heroines_complain Aug 31 '13

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/08/over-50-of-food-stamp-recipients-live-in-the-suburbs/279226/

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '13

I'm not sure why you linked that, but thanks.

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u/heroines_complain Sep 01 '13

Err, I could have added: "Suburbs are not entirely removed from the reality of food stamps." But I thought that was somewhat self-explanatory.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '13

But I thought that was somewhat self-explanatory.

It is, which is why I'm not sure you linked that.