Income disparity within neighbourhoods can affect development of girls’ brains: study
The brains of teenaged girls from low-income households in wealthy areas mature more slowly than those of girls who live in neighbourhoods characterized by equality of income, a new study says.
The study, led by Baycrest’s Rotman Research Institute and the University of Toronto, found that lower-income adolescent females from neighbourhoods with income inequality develop “negative social comparisons†that lead to higher risks of mental illness in adulthood.
With contributions from Canadian researchers at the University of Quebec, McGill University and the University of Calgary, RRI senior scientist and chair of population neuroscience Dr. Tomas Paus studied the brains of nearly 1,000 teenagers in Quebec’s Saguenay Lac Saint Jean Region over a 10-year span.
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