Functional MRI Scans (IMAGE)

WashU Medicine

Functional MRI Scans

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Functional MRI scans show areas in the brains of poor children with normal connectivity highlighted in red and blue, and weakened connectivity shown in green. The areas in green are among several areas -- detailed in other brain scans -- where connections are weakened in children raised in poverty.

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Deanna Barch

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