Showing posts with label intelligence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label intelligence. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Breast-Feeding Study, Eliminating Other Factors, Strengths Link With IQ

Links Tighten Between IQ, Breast-Feeding by Avery Johnson.  The Wall Street Journal.  July 29, 2013.

(1)  Researchers say this study is more conclusive because of __________ and how it ___________________.

(2)  A skeptic quoted in the article unconvinced of the relationship because ____________________.

(3)  There are nutrients in breast milk that ________________.

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Visual Test Reveals Focus As Key To IQ.

Visual Test Linked To High IQ by Dan Vergano.  USA TODAY.  May 23, 2013.

(1)  A neuroscientist quoted in the article raises the possibility that IQ is not about ____________ at all but how _______________ some people are.

(2)  The research subjects with higher IQ focus on the _______ and dispense with ____________.

(3)  The research subjects seemed ____________ at noticing _____________.

(4)  Efficient focus on details is a ________________.

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Developmental Stability the Key to Intelligence?

If Smart is the Norm, Stupidity Gets More Interesting by David Dobbs.  The New York Times.  October 23, 2012.

Since scientists are having difficulty in finding the specific genetic keys to intelligence, they are looking elsewhere.  By looking at the mutations we carry and their relationship to developmental stability, the accuracy with which the genetic design is built, they are beginning to discern an association between bodily symmetry and intelligence.  This article is largely based upon the ideas of Kevin Mitchell, a developmental neurogeneticists at Trinity College Dublin.