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Childhood exposure to disadvantaged neighborhoods negatively affects verbal ability
12-18-2007 · EurekAlert!Researchers at Harvard University, New York University and the University of Chicago have shown that childhood exposure to disadvantaged neighborhoods appears to have a lasting negative effect on verbal ability. The effect, roughly equivalent to missing one year of school, continues even after the child has moved out of the neighborhood.
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