Cash support can change baby brain development, says study | Malay Mail

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NEW YORK, Jan 25 — Babies whose low-income mothers received significant monthly cash support had more brain activity associated with thinking and learning after one year, a study said today. The paper published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences describes the first...

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NEW YORK, Jan 25 — Babies whose low-income mothers received significant monthly cash support had more brain activity associated with thinking and learning after one year, a study said today.describes the first results of a landmark ongoing US study looking at how reducing poverty can affect cognitive behaviour.

They assigned some of the women to receive a nominal monthly stipend of US$20 while others received the larger sum of US$333. They were able to monitor 435 of the 1,000 infants before the Covid-19 pandemic prevented them from visiting the families to carry out readings — and found a stark difference between which babies showed crucial high-frequency brain activity associated with learning.

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