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Smart Kids Grow Up To Be Liberal - January 16, 2008

Children who show innate intelligence tend to hold liberal social beliefs as adults, suggests British research. A sample of 7,070 Britons born in 1970 were measured for general intelligence (g) at age ten and surveyed on their social attitudes at...
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Foster Children Experience Marked IQ Gains Over Institutionalized Orphans - December 20, 2007

Abandoned children who receive foster care receive an average eight- to ten-point IQ boost over those who enter orphanages, shows a new study on abandoned Romanian children. The study monitored 136 children aged 31 months or less who were assigned...
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Long-Term Study Shows Gender and Income Differences Don't Affect Intelligence Much - May 18, 2007

Does being born rich, male or female make you smarter? Researchers at the National Institutes for Health (NIH) have been studying hundreds of children for eight years to find out just that. Announcing the initial findings of their ongoing study...
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Brains Don't Equal Money - April 25, 2007

Being a genius is little guarantee of financial success, and being a little behind the curve doesn't mean you're destined to burger-flipping wages, shows a longitudinal survey on intelligence and wealth. In fact, there's no notable gap in wealth between...
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