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Poorer children show cognitive fatigue faster than richer ones, and attend schools that give fewer chances to build attentional capacity. But this can be improved with simple changes at school--as we show in our Cognitive Endurance paper. Summary below! @christinalbrown @h_schof
New NBER working paper with @supKaur @h_schof @GeetaKingdon showing:View quoted post on X
- how formal schooling contributes to the development of fundamental cognitive skills, like attention
- attention appears to be highly malleable, at least in childhood
nber.org/papers/w30133?…
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