Wealth disparity and family income impact the brain development of female youth

(Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care) Female teenagers living in neighbourhoods with wide salary gaps and a low-income household show changes to their brain maturation that could indicate a higher risk of developing mental illness in adulthood, suggests a recently published study by Canadian researchers.

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