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    Kid Brains and Stress vs. Boomer Brains and Stress

    Posted Tuesday, April 07, 2009 12:01 AM | By Meghan O'Rourke
    Ann, I find it interesting that there was a burst of optimism (much of it over-optimistic) about neuroplasticity when it came to Baby Boomers staving off Alzheimer's by doing Sudoku and crossword puzzles. But there seems to be much less when it comes to assessing the effects of poverty stress on young kids. On the one hand, there's a powerful reason for that: It would seem tactless, and tasteless, to speculate (Never mind! Maybe their brains will adjust) when the problem is poverty and a solution needs to be found. On the other, it does reveal, at least a little, how many different assumptions we bring to these issues, how quick we are to succumb to fatalism or revert to the status quo...
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