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.
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
