Reply #12: you got my attention,and I did some research

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081203092429.htm
Poor Children's Brain Activity Resembles That Of Stroke Victims, EEG Shows


University of California, Berkeley, researchers have shown for the first time that the brains of low-income children function differently from the brains of high-income kids.

In a study recently accepted for publication in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, scientists at UC Berkeley's Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute and the School of Public Health report that normal 9- and 10-year-olds differing only in socioeconomic status have detectable differences in the response of their prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain that is critical for problem solving and creativity.