previous to our study does not support that. families who get a windfall tend to spend it in much the same way that higher income families do. so it s no surprise that we are not seeing differences in spending on adult vices, like tobacco. we should say that there is a battle politically over this. how much do we know about how how plastic the infants brains are in this moment of development? the spectrum of development that could happen that early on? sure. well, as a nurse and as a pediatrician i can speak to the fact that early childhood is a heightened period of sensitivity to the environment. we already know that children s brains are extremely malleable and sensitive in that period. and the fact that we can already see differences after just one year of unconditional support really speaks to the remarkable malleability and