The capacity of a 17-year-old's working memory was also correlated with allostatic load.

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They were able to use this to remove the effect of allostatic load on the relationship between poverty and memory discovered originally by Dr Farah.

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That more precise figure, too, was correlated with the allostatic load.

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To measure the amount of stress an individual had suffered over the course of his life, the two researchers used an index known as allostatic load.

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