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How does income affect childhood brain development? | Kimberly Noble

How does income affect childhood brain development? | Kimberly Noble

Can we help kids in poverty simply by giving families more money?

TED Talks Daily · TED

April 2, 201911m 51s

Show Notes

Neuroscientist and pediatrician Kimberly Noble is leading the Baby's First Years study: the first-ever randomized study of how family income changes children's cognitive, emotional and brain development. She wants to find out: Can we help kids in poverty simply by giving families more money? "The brain is not destiny," Noble says. "And if a child's brain can be changed, then anything is possible."

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