What Have Brain Studies Shown About the Relationship Between Poverty

Multiple Choice

What have brain studies shown about the relationship between poverty and children's cognitive development?

A) Poverty causes about a 10% reduction in brain volume.
B) Brain volume reductions of those in poverty were greatest in the problem-solving and memory areas of the brains.
C) Though there were brain volume reductions in those with poverty, they did not confer a behavioral disadvantage in IQ.
D) Brain volume reductions in those with poverty were associated with deficits in both IQ and academic achievement.