Douglas Heingartner

@WhyBoostIQ

The latest news on IQ research and cognitive enhancement.

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  1. Jul 22

    New study from Iran (n=1221) shows consanguineous marriage does *not* have any effect on kids' IQ scores:

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  2. Jul 18

    Enhanced spatial abilities in males not due to :

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  3. Jul 18

    The link between IQ and has been debated for decades, but this small study from S.Korea finds no connection:

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    Jul 16

    "Mom, my professor said some stuff today I didn’t like."

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  5. Jul 16

    Prenatal supplements of micronutrients (like iron and folic acid) have no effect on kids' intellectual development:

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  6. Jul 14

    Washington Post - "If it becomes possible to safely genetically increase babies’ IQ, it will become inevitable":

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  7. Jul 13

    High IQ societies pay less for health insurance, because more capable of preventing illnesses and calculating risk:

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  8. Jul 13

    Higher IQ = more physical strength at midlife (in males), measured by hand-grip, jumping height, chair stands, etc:

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  9. Jul 11

    Resilience of IQ: no diffs in IQ scores among Japanese disaster-area kids tested either before or after 2011 tsunami:

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  10. Jul 11

    Another slam-dunk for genes: meta-analysis (61 studies, 12k twin pairs) finds reading heritability=73%, math 57% etc

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  11. Jul 3

    Pew survey finds only 15% of Americans support genetic enhancements to boost a baby's IQ:

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    Jul 2

    Scientists in lose access to digital journals - no funds from govt to maintain portal

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  13. Jul 2

    Low-IQ group (b. 1955) assessed at midlife: no relationship found between parents' SES, income, or job status:

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  14. Jul 2

    Liberal prevalence in academia not due to bias, but rather because higher IQ = more concern for the marginalized:

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  15. Jul 2

    Well-established link between hearing loss and cognitive decline "most probably due to a common cause":

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  16. Jul 2

    Do we need to fix "the supposedly intrinsically pathological human condition"? Author argues no, but I vote yes:

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  17. Jun 27

    In large sample (N=377k), the effect of birth order on intelligence found to be "remarkably small":

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    Jun 25

    Thanks for the shout out. That was exactly our intent.

    Pretty much the definitive study of IQ and criminal offending (n > 21k): by et al.
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    Jun 23

    One reviewer's comment: if there was any doubt about the IQ-crime association, this study should put an end to it.

    Great new study by my collaborator on the IQ-crime relationship. More evidence regarding the import of IQ
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