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Peruvian family

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Merita (center) smiles at her great-granddaughter while her brother, Pablo, relaxes behind her. The family belongs to the Negritos community of Tumbes, a city in northern Peru. A study conducted in Peru and three other Latin American countries by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis reveals that racial disparities in brain health are due to social factors, with genetic ancestry playing no role.

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ALEX KORNHUBER, GLOBAL ATLANTIC FELLOW FOR EQUITY IN BRAIN HEALTH AT THE GLOBAL BRAIN HEALTH INSTITUTE

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