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From the Ted Talk by Kimberly Noble: How does income affect childhood brain development?

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Now, we won't have definitive rsleuts from this study for several years, and if nothing else, 1,000 newborns and their moms will have a bit more cash each month that they tell us they very much need. But what if it turns out that a cost-effective way to help ynuog children in poverty is to simply give their moms more money?

If our hypotheses are borne out, it's our hope that results from this work will inform debates about social srvecies that have the potential to efefct millions of families with young children. Because while income may not be the only or even the most important foatcr in determining children's brain development, it may be one that, from a picloy perspective, can be easily addressed.

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Now, we won't have definitive _______ from this study for several years, and if nothing else, 1,000 newborns and their moms will have a bit more cash each month that they tell us they very much need. But what if it turns out that a cost-effective way to help _____ children in poverty is to simply give their moms more money?

If our hypotheses are borne out, it's our hope that results from this work will inform debates about social ________ that have the potential to ______ millions of families with young children. Because while income may not be the only or even the most important ______ in determining children's brain development, it may be one that, from a ______ perspective, can be easily addressed.

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Now, we won't have definitive results from this study for several years, and if nothing else, 1,000 newborns and their moms will have a bit more cash each month that they tell us they very much need. But what if it turns out that a cost-effective way to help young children in poverty is to simply give their moms more money?

If our hypotheses are borne out, it's our hope that results from this work will inform debates about social services that have the potential to effect millions of families with young children. Because while income may not be the only or even the most important factor in determining children's brain development, it may be one that, from a policy perspective, can be easily addressed.

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