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More Proof That IQ Levels Are Rising
Business Insider: It appears that year after year there are more gifted students being identified in New York City. But what about states other than New York? Are there more gifted students being identified all
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Music, Multivitamins And Other Modern Intelligence Myths
NPR: Playing Mozart to young children will make them smarter, right? Probably not. When it comes to media hype and intuitions about intelligence and early childhood, some skepticism is in order. A paper published just
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Diet, Parental Behavior, and Preschool Can Boost Children’s IQ
Supplementing children’s diets with fish oil, enrolling them in quality preschool, and engaging them in interactive reading all turn out to be effective ways to raise a young child’s intelligence, according to a new report
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A Musical Mind
APS Fellow E. Glenn Schellenberg reviews the cognitive, social, and emotional side effects of musical training.
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Cleverer still
The Economist: SCIENCE has few more controversial topics than human intelligence—in particular, whether variations in it are a result of nature or nurture, and especially whether such variations differ between the sexes. The mines in
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A Long-Term Approach to Studying Antisocial Behavior
Some people respond to life’s pressures by engaging in criminal behavior; others don’t. Psychological scientists are trying to figure out why criminals are different, but much of the existing research that connects personal characteristics to