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The first lnik is a FReebie. The second link used a DOI based URL that failed. I believe they wanted to link:

Gene Network Effects on Brain Microstructure and Intellectual Performance Identified in 472 Twins

1 posted on 06/25/2012 10:11:30 AM PDT by neverdem
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To: neverdem

Oh boy. If they take this much further it will create a firestorm. What if they find that the Hypo-campus is larger in men than in women? What if it happens between black and white? I can see this study being quashed ASAP.


2 posted on 06/25/2012 10:25:11 AM PDT by WVNan ("Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy." - Winston)
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To: neverdem

“She questions how robustly the experiments were designed, however, and says that the number of participants was relatively small for a study of this kind. “I would like to see the findings replicated, with further evidence from larger samples.”

This is the same junk research that filled the camps in Europe 70 years ago. And the research into intelligence, thought, behavioral genetics has Never produced anything concrete at all in those intervening years.
http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/GeneWatch/GeneWatchPage.aspx?pageId=384
http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020212

The dark side of this phony research is crippling and killing people all over the place, especially those on the lower rungs of the economic ladder.
http://www.ahrp.org/cms/content/view/656/9/

I give this project another 10-15 years to keep trying to validate its Social Darwinism before the public finally catches on, and by that time there’ll be another 10-15 clones of it in other places.


3 posted on 06/25/2012 10:35:37 AM PDT by To-Whose-Benefit? (It is Error alone which needs the support of Government. The Truth can stand by itself.)
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To: neverdem
Those carrying it scored on average 1.29 points better on IQ tests than others, making it one of the strongest candidate intelligence genes so far.

Variability of results on an IQ test is +/- 5 points for an individual. The 1.29 points is noise in the range of variability.

4 posted on 06/25/2012 10:46:01 AM PDT by Myrddin
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