Poverty impedes cognitive function

Science

Volumn 341, Issue 6149, 2013, Pages 976-980

  Mani, Anandi ^a   Mullainathan, Sendhil ^b   Shafir, Eldar ^c   Zhao, Jiaying ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; COGNITION; FINANCE; HARVESTING; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; POLICY APPROACH; POVERTY;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FINANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NUTRITION; POLICY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK;

EID: 84883060604     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1238041     Document Type: Article

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