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The poor often behave in less capable ways, which can further perpetuate poverty. We hypothesize that poverty directly impedes cognitive function and present two studies that test this hypothesis. First, we experimentally induced thoughts about finances and found that this reduces cognitive performance among poor but not in well-off participants. Second, we examined the cognitive function of farmers over the planting cycle. We found that the same farmer shows diminished cognitive performance before harvest, when poor, as compared with after harvest, when rich. This cannot be explained by differences in time available, nutrition, or work effort. Nor can it be explained with stress: Although farmers do show more stress before harvest, that does not account for diminished cognitive performance. Instead, it appears that poverty itself reduces cognitive capacity. We suggest that this is because poverty-related concerns consume mental resources, leaving less for other tasks. These data provide a previously unexamined perspective and help explain a spectrum of behaviors among the poor. We discuss some implications for poverty policy.
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/341/6149/976
(Score: 5, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday November 06 2018, @03:59PM
I truly hope you end up homeless. You have no understanding of what those people face. I *was* homeless, thankfully only for a brief period, in 2010 when my ex went batshit. And you know what? I didn't begrudge people who had homes their homes. My every thought was on 1) survival and 2) getting a place to live again.
The fact that you automatically assume homeless people hate those better off than them says far, far more about you than them. None of it complementary. Your kind, for some reason, think every other human on the planet is the same sort of selfish, hateful moral no-o, and project your own failings onto them. And really, if the best you have is "I may be shit but so is everyone else," you have fallen very, very low.
Then again, in this very thread you basically went "DA JOOZ WANT EVERYONE POOR HURR HURR HURR" so I'm not surprised with you. Just, as always, disappointed.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...