Listen dude, that just not totally true! I'm so much smarter.
You might also title this "Why some kids are more dumberer"
Stupidity is more than just IQ...
On the down side, we get bigger headaches.
Intelligence is more a product of heredity than environment. According to "The Bell Curve" the relationship between heredity and intelligence is .8 of a standard deviation factor.
My kids are smart because they have such an awesome mom. :)
Listen dude, that just not totally true! I'm so much smarter.
Huh?
i thoght NIMH stuck to rats?
It would be interesting to take children who are of 'average' intelligence at age 6, and put them through a rigorous academic program. Maybe their cerebral cortex would thicken much more than expected.
Down at the gym, we believe if you work out a lot, you will develop large muscles.
Other studies have shown that the best-perfoming musicians are the ones that practice the most.
Could it be, that the smartest people are the ones who study and think the most?
"'It would be interesting to see how those trajectories evolve in kids with dyslexia or other learning disorders,' Gabrieli adds. 'Perhaps you could identify children at risk for learning disorders much earlier than we now do.'"
And garner additional state and federal funding "much earlier than we do now" for special needs kids, while the average kids are dumbed down and medicated into complacancy.
Smart, talented, handsome people tend to have smart, telented, handsome kids, while stupid, untalented, ugly people tend to have stupid, untalented, ugly kids, and THE LIBERALS CAN'T STAND THAT! Nya-Nya-Na-NYA-Nya!