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How Poverty Affects Your Brain [INFOGRAPHIC]

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For the more than 40 million American in poverty, everyday life is a struggle – buying food, going to school getting a job. And for a great many of them, what most people think of as simple tasks are also difficult. Let’s explore the picture of poverty in the U.S and the psychological and physical toll it takes.

How Poverty Affects Your Brain?

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Source: bestpsychologydegrees.org

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