Your Brain on Poverty: Why Poor People Seem to Make Bad Decisions

Here's a story that I read:




And why their "bad" decisions might be more rational than you'd think. In August, Science published a landmark study concluding that poverty, itself, hurts our ability to make decisions about school, finances, and life, imposing a mental burden similar to losing 13 IQ points.


via Pocket http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/11/your-brain-on-poverty-why-poor-people-seem-to-make-bad-decisions/281780/