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Spanking Lowers IQ, According to Study

by Melissa Kossler Dutton, Posted Oct 6th 2009 3:35PM

Spanking lowers IQ points, a study found. Credit: cogdogblog, Flickr
Spanking children can cost them IQ points, according to a recent study by Murray A. Straus, a sociology professor at the University of New Hampshire. Straus found that children ...
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How To Raise Your Kid's I.Q.

by Sandy Maple, Posted Apr 20th 2009 2:00PM

In the early 1900's, when French psychologist Alfred Binet created the first test to measure intelligence in children, he warned that the resulting I.Q. scores shouldn't be considered the definitive marker of a child's potential. He insisted that ...
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It's official: toddlers are smarter than apes

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Sep 7th 2007 2:29PM

Obviously grown-up humans are smarter than our evolutionary ancestors, but what about our kids? Researchers were curious, apparently, and felt compelled to find the answer to that very question. So they conducted an experiment in which food or a toy ...
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Genius sisters join Mensa at ages 6 and 10

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Aug 13th 2007 2:02PM

While the world's youngest member of Mensa is Georgia Brown, a British 2-year-old, in New Zealand that honor goes to two sisters, aged 6 and 10. The pair's IQs are so high, that they rank in the top 0.4 per cent in the world, and their list of ...
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Brits over-estimate gifted population

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Aug 13th 2007 7:50AM

Parents tend to have very high opinions of their own kids. Really, what parent doesn't think their child is the best of the best? Have you ever met a parent who didn't think their child was the smartest, the most talented, and the best looking? ...
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2-year-old genius is youngest girl to join Mensa

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Jun 22nd 2007 10:33AM

Occasionally I fall into the trap of thinking that some toddlers are "smarter" than others -- when really, most kids simply learn at different rates, and their ability to recite the alphabet at 18 months has little to do with how intelligent they'll ...
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Dogs as intelligent as 14-month old children

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Jun 12th 2007 2:33PM

I'm not sure if this makes me feel better about dogs, or worse about toddlers, but a recent report suggests that the two groups are equally as intelligent. Through a series of tests in which both dogs and toddlers were asked to learn a new skill as ...
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Is a sense of humor a sign of intelligence?

by Sandy Maple, Posted Apr 25th 2007 8:07AM

Like most kids her age, Ellie finds anything related to bodily functions to be absolutely hilarious. She cracks herself up singing the 'fart song' (lyrics: marty farty, sung over and over until I beg her to stop). She changes the words to real songs ...
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Fatherhood makes men smarter

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Nov 7th 2006 10:30AM

I know that primate study doesn't necessarily translate directly into human behavior, but a recent Princeton study presents an interesting theory. A Princeton University psychologist compared the brains of marmoset dads with those of offspring-less ...
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Breastfeeding and intelligence

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Oct 15th 2006 5:56PM

Want to appear smart? It's simple -- breastfeed your baby. Just don't expect that it will make your kid any smarter. There are a lot of benefits that come from breastfeeding, but a higher I.Q. is not one of them. An article in the British Medical ...
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