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"The Matthew effect in empirical data" by Matjaz Perc: The Matthew Effect in Education

  • There is evidence that early deficiencies in literacy may lead to problems with learning new skills all throughout life. Because of the Matthew effect, these early deficiencies cause an individual to fall behind during formative primary school years which may create disadvantages that can be difficult to compensate for all the way to adulthood.
  • Arguments of the Matthew effect come from cognitive neuroscience as well, where it is hypothesized that the Matthew effect could be exploited by means of intervention with the goal of improving the brain development of children with low socioeconomic status

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Updated 2020-10-19

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