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    Studies Skewed By Focus On Well-Off, Educated Brains

    What does a "normal" brain look like? Something a lot different when researchers make sure that study participants reflect the race, education and income levels of the U.S. at large.
    by Jon Hamilton Oct 16, 2017 3 minutes
    Source: Roy Scott

    Brain imaging studies have a diversity problem.

    That's what researchers concluded after they re-analyzed data from a large study that used MRI to measure brain development in children from 3 to 18.

    Like most brain imaging studies of children, this one included a disproportionate number of kids who have highly educated parents with relatively high household incomes, the team reported Thursday in the journal Nature Communications.

    For example, parents

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