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. 2013 Dec 6;342(6163):1169.
doi: 10.1126/science.1246680.

Comment on "Poverty impedes cognitive function"

Jelte M Wicherts  1 , Annemarie Zand Scholten
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Comment on "Poverty impedes cognitive function"

Jelte M Wicherts et al. Science. .

Abstract

Mani et al. (Research Articles, 30 August, p. 976) presented laboratory experiments that aimed to show that poverty-related worries impede cognitive functioning. A reanalysis without dichotomization of income fails to corroborate their findings and highlights spurious interactions between income and experimental manipulation due to ceiling effects caused by short and easy tests. This suggests that effects of financial worries are not limited to the poor.

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  • Poverty impedes cognitive function.
    Mani A, Mullainathan S, Shafir E, Zhao J. Mani A, et al. Science. 2013 Aug 30;341(6149):976-80. doi: 10.1126/science.1238041. Science. 2013. PMID: 23990553

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