Researchers have found that childhood poverty can lead to lasting changes in the way the brain processes language. Even in adults who perform well in language tasks, those who experienced poverty as children showed different neural activity patterns compared to their middle-income peers. The study, published in Brain and Language, highlights the long-term impact of early socioeconomic conditions on brain function, suggesting that the chronic stress associated with poverty might alter neural pathways involved in language processing. Previous studies have established that children from low-incom…