Children born into poverty show key differences in early brain function — according to new research from the University of East Anglia. Researchers studied the brain function of children aged between four months and four years in rural India. They found that children from lower-income backgrounds, where mothers also had a low level of education, had weaker brain activity and were more likely to be distracted.
Each year, 250 million children in low and middle income countries fail to reach their developmental potential. The research team found that the children in India from families with low maternal education and income showed weaker brain activity and poorer distractor suppression in the left frontal cortex area of the brain that is involved in working memory.
— source uea.ac.uk | Apr 2, 2019