Life-long intelligence isn't just down to your genes
http://www.bionews.org.uk/page_118629.asp
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January 23, 2010
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- nature and nurture both play a role on the achievements of 4,000 sets of twins.
- a child’s environment will affect their learning as much as their genes
- children bring characteristics to the classroom that influence how well they will take advantage of the quality of teaching
- identical twins scored more similarly on their tests compared to fraternal twins who share only half of their genetic make-up.
- Tests that were given to people that scored pretty high on the intelligence tests shared similar SNP patterns
- Researchers from Scotland have found around one-quarter of changes in intelligence observed from childhood to old age may be due to our genes.
- 24 percent of the differences in intelligence between childhood at the age of 11 and old age was because of genetic variations Such as variation in the APOE gene that is associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Does environment of a child also play a role?
2 comments:
This post made me realize that Asians are not smarter because their race magically makes them smarter but because they're parents were raised with a hard work ethic in Asia and have high expectations of their children.
I really agree with your statement that asians are smarter. Not all asians are smarer than any other person.
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