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Laura Torres
Wed, 02/20/2008

Brain Development and the Toxicity of Poverty

The Importance of Early Child Development

At the UW offices there has been quite a lot of talk about the effects of poverty on early childhood brain development. Now it looks like the discussion is reaching the mainstream. Check out this Financial Times article that summarizes why early childhood intervention is so important and why living in poverty is “poison” to the brain.  read more »

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