Research Hit: Reward is Processed Differently in the Brain if You’re Poor

Andy Hab
3 min readFeb 12, 2024

Your socioeconomic background predicts how much or little your brain responds to reward

Are you saying there is a poor brain and a rich brain?

Well, that is far too simplified, but I have reported on how poverty affects brain development in foetuses and children negatively previously (How Poverty Messes Up Babies’ Brains).

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Andy Hab

Sharing fascinating, fun, and important knowledge on the brain and human behaviour - most days. And masters track athlete - still going strong!