Does poverty affect IQ, and if so, how and why? In this blog post, originally written for the LSE Summer School course IR110: Foundations of Psychological Science, Margo Przybysz explores the relationship between poverty, stress and IQ test scores. Drawing on research into cortisol, memory and cognitive development, she examines how chron...
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