Predictors of intelligence at the age of 5: family, pregnancy and birth characteristics, postnatal influences, and postnatal growth.

Parental education and maternal intelligence are well-known predictors of child IQ. However, the literature regarding other factors that may contribute to individual differences in IQ is inconclusive. The aim of this study was to examine the contribution of a number of variables whose predictive sta...

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Main Authors: Hanne-Lise Falgreen Eriksen, Ulrik Schiøler Kesmodel, Mette Underbjerg, Tina Røndrup Kilburn, Jacquelyn Bertrand, Erik Lykke Mortensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3827334?pdf=render