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Aid to Poor Mothers Improved Brain Function in Babies

January 24, 2022 at 3:22 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“An experiment that provided poor mothers with cash stipends for the first year of their children’s lives appears to have changed the babies’ brain activity in ways associated with stronger cognitive development, a finding with potential implications for safety net policy,” the New York Times reports.

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