This is your brain on poverty

[TexasBushwhacker]

https://psmag.com/this-is-your-brain-on-poverty-5e36b11bfee9#.mespwnpqe

"Living in poverty, having so much (mental) bandwidth wrapped up in just making it from one day to the next, decreases a person’s — any person’s — cognitive function, making it harder to solve problems, resist impulses, and think long-term."

[Phoenix61]

1. Maskow's Heiarchy of Needs

Speaks to the same thing. We worry about survival things first, then and only then, anything else. The fight-flight-freeze response also contributes to the situation. The brain gets stuck in survival mode and processes information very differently. If you've ever had the car brakes fail on you coming up on a busy intersection there is a sense that things are happening in slow motion. They aren't, your brain is processing information in a way that is helpful in that situation. It is not conducive to long term planning though. One of the signs of being stuck in fight-flight-freeze mode is generalized anger. Think Twitler tapped into that? Yep! Why his voters vote against their own best interest is because they are unable to see the long term view.