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SIO321: Does Giving Money to Mothers Boost Baby Brain Activity?

Feb 5, 2022

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03:18

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01:32

The Association Between Economic Disparity and Structural Brain Differences

02:09

Introduction

3min

Cash Aid to Poor Mothers Increases Brain Activity in Babies

2min

Is There a Link Between Poverty and Child Development?

2min

The Association Between Economic Disparity and Structural Brain Differences

2min

Is It Possible to Measure Electrical Activity in Sleep?

2min

Is There a Difference Between Structure and Activity?

4min

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2min

Is There a Link Between Child Development and Poverty?

2min

Random Assignment to Manipulate Poverty

4min

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Do Random Assignments Really Work?

3min

11.

Is the Poverty Reduction Manipulation Predicting Brain Development?

2min

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Is There a Difference in Pre-Registered Analysis?

4min

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Is a Twelve Month Intervention Really Changing Brain Function?

2min

14.

Are They Going to Do a Report Every Year?

3min

15.

Why We Shouldn't Just Give People Money

2min

16.

Is the Expanded Child Ax Credit Really Helping Child Poverty?

3min

17.

Do You Know What's Happening to Biden?

2min

18.

You Know, I'm Not a Democrat, but I Don't Think So.

2min

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Science Explained - Two Palps Down

2min

You might have seen the coverage recently of a study that claims to show that giving poor mothers cash payments changed their babies’ brain activity in ways associated with stronger cognitive development. So what is the study, and does it hold up to SIO science thingy scrutiny courtesy of Dr. Lindsey Osterman? Find out!

Links: NYT write-up, Troller-Renfree and colleagues (2022) The Impact of a Poverty Reduction Intervention on Infant Brain Activity, Other publications from Baby’s First Years

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