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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."

3 of 303 comments (clear)

  1. Ob. joke by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    First Post!

  2. Hey Baby . . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I got a big cortex.

    -- New Geek come-on line

  3. Re:discrimination? by Eli+Gottlieb · · Score: 0, Troll

    And there you've hit upon it: The stupid have the same rights as the intelligent.