Friday, August 30, 2013

Money Worries Lowers IQ, Strains General Cognitive Ability, Opens Door For Bad Decision-Making

Poverty Strains Cognitive Ability, Opening Door For Bad Decision-Making, New Study Finds by Brady Dennis.  Health & Science Blog.  The Washington Post.  August 30, 2013.

(1)  People struggling to make ends meet consume so much ____________ that they have little brainpower for anything else.

(2)  People wrestling with the mental strain of poverty suffered a drop of as much as ____________ in IQ.

(3)  When the poor experience a scarcity of money they may really be experiencing a scarcity of ________________.

(4)  What is meant by the term "cognitive tax?"

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