Posted on 08/13/2021 2:26:00 PM PDT by fruser1
Babies born in the Covid pandemic 'have lower IQs': Three-month-olds now score around 80 on intelligence tests - compared to 100 before the virus struck, research says
Children born during the Covid pandemic may have lower IQs because of reduced interactions during lockdowns, a study has claimed.
Researchers from Brown University in Rhode Island found babies born since March 2020 have worse cognitive, verbal and motor skills than children who entered the world before coronavirus.
Lockdowns have meant children have significantly less interaction with the outside world, leading to 'shockingly' low cognitive development.
He told The Guardian: 'It’s not subtle by any stretch. You don’t typically see things like that, outside of major cognitive disorders.'
Scientists tested the children on verbal, non-verbal and early-learning skills to assess their development.
They calculate an early composite rather than using the usual IQ test used for adults.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Stupid people breeding in the worst of times? who’d a thunk it!!!????
Are these idiots wearing masks at home in front of their babies and masking them up too?
There are some country music songs that can do this also.
Plus leaving CNN on in the home. Or MSPMS.
Or introducing people by stating their personal pronouns in front of a child.
Or continually asking a son if he really feels he’s a girl.
Or Kamala cackling over and over...
Not getting enough oxygen due to mothers masking.
The mother wasn’t breathing H2O with her mask on.
An excellent point.
Nevertheless, they do provide a list of the proprietary measures in their manual of operating procedures. The other tests are referred to as "measurement information sheets" and require login to access.
ECHO Link
Manual Link
List or proprietary measures:
Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment Adult Self Report (ASEBA ASR)
Ages & Stages Questionnaires (21 age-appropriate assessments covering 2 months-60 months)
Block Kids Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) 2004 (ages 8-17)
Block Kids Questionnaire (ages 2-7)
Child Behavior Checklist for ages 1.5-5 years (ASEBA CBCL - Preschool)
Child Behavior Checklist for ages 6-18 years (ASEBA CBCL - School Age)
Conflict-Tactics Scales (CTS2 - Revised)
Conners Kiddie Continuous Performance Test Second Edition (Conners K-CPT2)
Conners 3rd Edition Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Index Child Self-Report (Conners 3AI-Self Report)
Conners 3rd Edition Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder Index Parent Report (Conners 3 AI-Parent)
Family Environment Scales (FES) – Cohesion Subscale
Family Environment Scales (FES) – Conflict Subscale
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Toolbox For
Assessment of Neurological and Behavioral Function Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Measures
Social Responsiveness Scale Second Edition (SRS-2) Preschool (18 months-4 years)
Social Responsiveness Scale Second Edition (SRS-2) School Age (4-18 years)
Social Responsiveness Scale Second Edition (SRS-2) Adult (Relative/Other Report)
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) for Ages 2-4 years
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) for Ages 4-10 years
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) for Ages 11-17 years
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) Self-report for Ages 11-17 years
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) Self-report for Ages 18+ years
Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales Third Edition Comprehensive version
I can’t believe this, not even a little bit. Firstly, Brown is not a serious school. But you can’t say lock-down babies lost 20% of their intelligence. Thats crazy. Their mothers are with them all the time. Maybe they found mothers who threw their babies in a closet or something. But I am thinking its just a bunch of interns who took their first survey and got it wrong.
Thanks that made me LOL!! And I needed a laugh- there’s no fricking way to test a mos old’s IQ!! How about we test the tester though???
While the trend is plausible, the variance from year to year really needs explanation as it is quite outsized. This looks like an artifact from small sample size.
Idiocracy.
I'm NOT going to go out on a limb and say you're right. It's junk science.
Unbelievable what passes for "science" these days isn't it?
Unfortunately, the author of the DailyMail article mistakenly says “IQ”. The paper the article refers to makes no mention of IQ.
The only measures they refer to are “early learning composite”, “verbal development quotient”, “non-verbal development quotient”.
For those measures, the kids they measured were down by 20 compared to those of earlier years in the ECHO study (see post 48).
Lets talk rDemographics please .
How many Amish and Border invaders polluted the stats .
How much will this cost me?
Just wait until the Democrats lower the voting age to 3.
Oxygen deprivation of the mother.
Or because mom had low O2 and high CO2 levels from wearing a bacteria-laden mask all the time.
How many babies have active social lives in their first three months anyway?
Great point. The low oxygen levels of the mother from wearing masks must be taken into account.
Also, the distress, and perhaps nutrition deficiencies the mother may have encountered through the past year too.
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