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Category Archives: IQ
Study: Relationship Between IQ, Economic Growth & Welfare
Hafer, R.W. “New estimates on the relationship between IQ, economic growth and welfare”, Intelligence, Feb 2017. ABSTRACT: Previous research has found that there is a statistically significant, positive link between country-level IQ and various measures of aggregate production, such as … Continue reading
Top 10 Replicated Findings From Behavioral Genetics
Can’t we do something to squelch this type of research? It’s harmful! We need Safe Spaces! From Perspectives on Psychological Science: ABSTRACT: In the context of current concerns about replication in psychological science, we describe 10 findings from behavioral genetic … Continue reading
Intelligence Genes Discovered by Scientists
In The Telegraph, Sarah Knapton reports on “Intelligence genes discovered by scientists“: Genes which make people intelligent have been discovered and scientists believe they could be manipulated to boost brain power. Researchers have believed for some time that intellect is … Continue reading
Low IQ Reports on Lower IQs
Here’s a Daily Mail article on “Are we becoming more STUPID? IQ scores are decreasing“. It attempts to address the phenomenon of Western countries experiencing a decline in average IQ, that is, the average IQ for the society as a … Continue reading
Charles Murray on Nicholas Wade’s “A Troublesome Inheritance”
With respect to HBD and race realism, the book of the year will undoubtedly be Nicholas Wade’s A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History. Arguably more important than Wade’s command of the material is the fact that he is … Continue reading
HBD: Intelligence & NPTN Gene
The Telegraph reports on a new study published in Molecular Psychiatry: A gene which may make people more intelligent has been discovered by scientists. Researchers have found that teenagers who had a highly functioning NPTN gene performed better in intelligence … Continue reading
NYT: Brain Size & Cognitive Advancement
In the NYT Science section is an article on a recent thesis correlating human brain size with intelligence: At three pounds, it is gigantic relative to our body size. Our closest living relatives, chimpanzees, have brains that are only a … Continue reading
Study Claims Poverty Reduces Brain Power
A bold thesis from experimental psychologists at Harvard, Princeton, the University of Warwick, and other universities: Poverty and the all-consuming fretting that comes with it require so much mental energy that the poor have little brain power left to devote … Continue reading
Jason Richwine in Politico
Embattled public policy analyst Jason Richwine has an opinion column in Politico today (“Why can’t we talk about IQ?“): For people who have studied mental ability, what’s truly frustrating is the déjà vu they feel each time a media firestorm … Continue reading
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