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Slow Starters Have Higher IQ?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the assuming-they-kick-start-at-all dept.

lockefire writes "Science Daily is reporting that children with 'superior' IQ's tend to have a slow start in the development of their cortex. These children have a 'delayed but prolonged' spurt that causes their cortex thickness to peak later than their peers and thin much quicker. This effect is most evident in the pre-frontal cortex. 'People with very agile minds tend to have a very agile cortex,' says Dr. Philip Shaw of the NIMH."

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  1. I'm Canadian.... by sharkey · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    they put me in here because they think I'm slow, eh?

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  2. i was by voudras · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    arrested once for exposing my pre-frontal cortex

  3. from the wisdom that is ralph wiggum... by pxuongl · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    i'm idaho!