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Findings of a new study conducted by UBC professor, Jiaying Zhao, reveal that being poor does not only deplete your bank account, but it also relinquishes your way of thinking, reasoning and remembering. Report says that those living below poverty line are usually accused of not being able to improve their lives, but actually the study concludes that being poor uses so much mental energy that there is little brain power remaining that could make good, life-changing decisions.
A psychology professor at UBC, Jiaying Zhao, alleged that at a time when you are worried about paying the rent or feeding your kids, your brain behaves to its least capacity and your cognitive ability to do other mental tasks, such as studying or performing well in your job, are considerably reduced. Zhao stated that “previous views on poverty blame poverty on the poor themselves because they are not capable, or because of their personal failings, or because of lower education, etc.” He added that “we take a very different, almost opposite view: This is not about the individuals themselves, but the context – you are in poverty, you don’t have enough cognitive resources.”
The research paper, Poverty Impedes Cognitive Function, was published Thursday in the journal Science. Zhao was pursuing his graduate degree at Princeton University in the U.S. when he began his research, which took him almost five-year to finish along with help and cooperation of three professors from Princeton, Harvard and the University of Warwick in the U.K.
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