AI: MIT researchers have found a link between children’s socioeconomic status (SES) and their brains’ sensitivity to reward. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), they found that children with lower SES levels showed less sensitivity to rewards than children with higher SES levels. This may be due to the fact that in lower SES environments there are fewer rewards, leading to brain adaptations to respond less to rewards. The study also highlights the importance of including diverse groups of participants in studies to obtain more accurate results about the influence of SES on brain development.
Super interesting article. I’m bookmarking this because things like this can help inform how I’m able to help people in my line of work. I know this is just one study, but I’ll be interested in seeing where it goes from here and what more we’re able to learn from it.
Damn, this would explain some things. How depressing.
