How helpful is a 'geek index'?

A quote to begin: " male offspring of older fathers had higher ‘geek index’ scores, a composite measure of high IQ , strong focus on th...

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Let's be intelligent about intelligence

A lot of confusion reins over assertions about whether a physical or even behavioral trait is  'genetic'. There are several reasons...

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Optimal outcome (and autism) by any other name

In my annual review of all things autism research covered on this blog, the accolade of paper of the year for 2013 went to [drum roll maest...

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The way to a man's heart is .... through simpler nutrition labeling?

A headline today from the BBC: "Lower IQ 'a heart disease risk'". This is a report of a paper in the European Heart Jour...

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