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Drop in IQ linked to heavy teenage cannabis use
Starting to smoke pot in your teens can lead to cognitive decline not seen in those who start as adults.
- Leigh Phillips
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Research Highlights |
A smart hub in the brain
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Parrot's posthumous paper shows his mathematical genius
Alex's final experiments reveal a talent for numbers that was on a par with chimpanzees.
- Ewen Callaway
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How intelligence changes with age
An analysis of common genetic variants shows that hereditary factors that influence intelligence in childhood also affect it in old age. Such work could signal the end of the nature–nurture controversy. See Letter p.212
- Robert Plomin
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Life-long intelligence in the genes
Study tracks cognitive stability from childhood to old age and reveals extent of genetic influence.
- Heidi Ledford
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Genetic contributions to stability and change in intelligence from childhood to old age
Using a unique and rich data set of lifetime cognitive measures, the contribution of genetics to differences in cognitive ageing is explored.
- Ian J. Deary
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Verbal and non-verbal intelligence changes in the teenage brain
- Sue Ramsden
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Hyenas can count like monkeys
Ability suggests intelligence evolved to keep track of social interactions in large groups.
- Jo Marchant
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Books & Arts |
Neuroscience: Literary inspiration
Jorge Luis Borges' writings on memory foretell modern research, Gabriel Kreiman finds.
- Gabriel Kreiman
Entropy of city street networks linked to future spatial navigation ability