After reading the book Freakonomics, I was a bit shocked. There is an interesting chapter in the book that analyzed and gleaned the data from an Early Childhood Longitudinal Study database conducted by the government. It seems that high IQ is set way before a mother-to-be picks up their first parenting book at [...]
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Yes, according to a recent study conducted by Harvard researchers,
The study shows that kids who live in neighborhoods with heavy traffic pollution have lower IQs and score worse on other tests of intelligence and memory than children who breathe cleaner air. This is based on their study on 202 Boston children age 8 to 11 [...]
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Every parent thinks their child is the smartest person ever born. That’s just a natural part of being a proud parent. But sometimes…they’re right. And there are signs you can look for at a very early age that might be signs that your child is indeed gifted, including the following:
Early Development of Language Ability
You know [...]
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