News tagged with intelligence quotient
IQ level tied to choice of internet browser
In a study that is likely to incite controversy, AptiQuant, a Vancouver, British Columbia based Psychometric Consulting company has released a report that it says shows users of Microsoft Internet Explorer ...
Aug 01, 2011 |
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Resuscitated newborns at risk for lower IQs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Children who were resuscitated at birth have increased risk of low intelligence quotient (IQ) at age eight years, even if they were apparently healthy in the 28 days (neonatal period) following ...
Apr 21, 2009 |
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UNH researcher discovers research manipulated to support pro-eugenic beliefs
A University of New Hampshire researcher has discovered that a former Yale professor who espoused pro-eugenic beliefs manipulated his research findings so he could conclude that his Wisconsin home town was ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 10, 2011 |
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Expert analyzes emotional quotient of super bowl ads
(PhysOrg.com) -- Professors will analyze Twitter feeds to examine commercials' buzz.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Feb 07, 2011 |
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Teens of epileptic moms display poor school performance
A large population-based study revealed that multiple antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) used by pregnant women to control seizures may cause poor school performance in their teenagers. The research team from Karolinska University ...
Nov 04, 2010 |
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Manganese in drinking water: Study suggests adverse effects on children's intellectual abilities
A team of researchers led by Maryse Bouchard, adjunct professor at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology, Health, Environment and Society (CINBIOSE) of the Université du Québec à Montréal ...
Sep 20, 2010 |
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Study links low national average IQs with infectious diseases
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in the US have noted areas of the world with the lowest average intelligence quotient (IQ) also tend to have the highest rates of infectious diseases, and suggest the energy required ...
Jul 01, 2010 |
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Pesticide chlorpyrifos is linked to childhood developmental delays
Exposure to the pesticide chlorpyrifos -- which is banned for use in U.S. households but is still widely used throughout the agricultural industry -- is associated with early childhood developmental delays, according to a ...
Mar 19, 2010 |
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A child's IQ can be affected by mother's exposure to urban air pollutants
A mother's exposure to urban air pollutants known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) can adversely affect a child's intelligence quotient or IQ, a study reports. PAHs are chemicals released into the air from the burning ...
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Poor attention in kindergarten predicts lower high school test scores
As thousands of students nationwide prepare to leave high school, a UC Davis study appearing online today in the June issue of the medical journal Pediatrics shows a clear link between attention problems early in school — as ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 26, 2009 |
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Neuroscientists map intelligence in the brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- Neuroscientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have conducted the most comprehensive brain mapping to date of the cognitive abilities measured by the Wechsler Adult Intelligence ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 11, 2009 |
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New method of scoring IQ tests benefits children with intellectual disabilities
Parents of children with intellectual disabilities have long been frustrated by intelligence quotient (IQ) testing that tells them little to nothing about the long-term learning potential of their children.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 16, 2008 |
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