Intelligence Tests

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Influence of breast-feeding on mental and psychomotor development.

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of breast-feeding on cognitive and motor development. A prospective cohort study was carried out enrolling 249 babies from 2 rural and urban areas. Cognitive development was assessed at the age of 18 ...
Manuela Gómez-Sanchiz, Ramón Cañete, Inmaculada Rodero, J Enrique Baeza, Octavio Avila (Clin Pediatr (Phila), 200301-02)
influence-breast-feeding-mental-psychomotor-development.asp

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The Maudsley Bipolar Disorder Project: the effect of medication, family history, and duration of illness on IQ and memory in bipolar I disorder.

BACKGROUND: Despite the growing recognition of the importance of cognitive impairment in psychiatric disorders, the effect of clinical factors, such as medication use and family history of affective disorders, on cognition in bipolar I disorder patients ...
Stuart Donaldson, Laura H Goldstein, Sabine Landau, Vanessa Raymont, Sophia Frangou (J Clin Psychiatry, 200301)
maudsley-bipolar-disorder-project-effect-medication-family-history.asp

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The relationship between P3 and neuropsychological function in an adult life span sample.

The relationship of P3 to age and neuropsychological performance was investigated in a sample of 71 well-functioning adults ranging in age from 21.8 to 94.7 years. ERPs were recorded while the participants performed an auditory two-stimuli oddball task ...
Kristine B Walhovd, Anders M Fjell (Biol Psychol, 200301)
relationship-p-neuropsychological-function-adult-life-span-sample.asp

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Maternal supplementation with very-long-chain n-3 fatty acids during pregnancy and lactation augments childrens IQ at 4 years of age.

OBJECTIVES: Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA; 22:6 n-3) and arachidonic acid (AA; 20:4 n-6) are important for development of the central nervous system in mammals. There is a growth spurt in the human brain during the last trimester of pregnancy and the first ...
Ingrid B Helland, Lars Smith, Kristin Saarem, Ola D Saugstad, Christian A Drevon (Pediatrics, 200301)
maternal-supplementation-long-chain-n-fatty-acids-pregnancy.asp

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Secular gains in fluid intelligence: evidence from the Culture-Fair intelligence test.

There is no doubt about the reality of the secular increase in cognitive test scores. However, there is disagreement about a key issue: does the observed increase reflect a genuine upward trend in intelligence? Evidence from the Raven test is clear, ...
Roberto Colom, Oscar García-López (J Biosoc Sci, 200301)
secular-gains-fluid-intelligence-evidence-culture-fair-intelligence.asp

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Sex differences on the progressive matrices: some data from Hong Kong.

There has been a debate between N. J. Mackintosh and the first author of this paper on whether the sex difference on the Progressive Matrices is zero or, at most, 1-2 IQ points in favour of either sex, as maintained by Mackintosh, or whether from the age ...
Richard Lynn, Po Wah Tse-Chan (J Biosoc Sci, 200301)
sex-differences-progressive-matrices-data-hong-kong.asp

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Behavioural problems in children and adolescents with spinal muscular atrophy and their siblings.

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a chronic illness characterized by loss of motor function. The aim of the study was to investigate behavioural adjustment in 96 children and adolescents with SMA (47 males, 49 females; mean age 11 years 2 months, range 6 ...
C Laufersweiler-Plass, S Rudnik-Schöneborn, K Zerres, M Backes, G Lehmkuhl, A von Gontard (Dev Med Child Neurol, 200301)
behavioural-problems-children-adolescents-spinal-muscular-atrophy.asp

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Breast feeding and cognitive development in childhood: a prospective birth cohort study.

The aim of this study was to examine prospectively the relation between duration of breast feeding and cognitive outcomes. A cohort study of 2860 children enrolled before birth provided data from 2393 term infants of English-speaking mothers. Of these, ...
Wendy H Oddy, Garth E Kendall, Eve Blair, Nicholas H De Klerk, Fiona J Stanley, Louis I Landau, S Silburn, Stephen Zubrick (Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol, 200301)
breast-feeding-cognitive-development-childhood-prospective-birth.asp

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Genetic and environmental influences on human psychological differences.

Psychological researchers typically distinguish five major domains of individual differences in human behavior: cognitive abilities, personality, social attitudes, psychological interests, and psychopathology (Lubinski, 2000). In this article we: discuss ...
Thomas J Bouchard, Matt McGue (J Neurobiol, 200301)
genetic-environmental-influences-human-psychological-differences.asp

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Decisions, decisions: analysis of age, cohort, and time of testing on framing of risky decision options.

Decision making in uncertain environments is a daily challenge faced by adults of all ages. Framing decision options as either gains or losses is a common method of altering decision-making behavior. In the experiment reported here, benchmark ...
Christopher B Mayhorn, Arthur D Fisk, Justin D Whittle (Hum Factors, 2002WINTER)
decisions-decisions-analysis-age-cohort-time-testing-framing-risky.asp