tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38545607.post8302385208729826225..comments2024-03-09T10:26:48.789+00:00Comments on economics, psychology, policy: Socioeconomic Status and the Developing BrainEmma Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11466193733741012673noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38545607.post-16515897606512109572009-05-12T12:26:00.000+00:002009-05-12T12:26:00.000+00:00This is a really interesting paper. They comment &...This is a really interesting paper. They comment "Unlike many of the phenomena studied in cognitive neuroscience, SES does not lend itself to the kind of experimental manipulation needed to identify causal mechanisms". Of course, economists know about natural experiments which might manipulate SES for example education reforms. So it might be possible, for example in some of the UK cohort studies, to IV parental SES & see what this does to the gradient w.r.t. IQ.Kevin Dennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891633553910348880noreply@blogger.com