In support of Ray's views that delayed puberty and childlike ability to learn are associated with higher intelligence, while "adult" cognition is a hallmark of low IQ.
http://journalistsresource.org/studies/ ... -children#
"...We found that the period of childlike levels of environmental influence was prolonged in higher-IQ individuals, whereas lower-IQ individuals shifted earlier to an adultlike pattern."
"...“Our findings raise the question of why a prolonged sensitive period in IQ development might be associated with higher IQ,” the scholars state, and also what the mechanism might be. On the one hand, prolonged immaturity could be beneficial for long-term cognitive development, but on the other, children who eventually have a high IQ score tend to do well early in development. Another possibility is that “heightened levels of attention and arousal, as one may find in individuals of higher IQ, may allow plasticity to occur later into development.”
http://journalistsresource.org/studies/ ... -children#
"...We found that the period of childlike levels of environmental influence was prolonged in higher-IQ individuals, whereas lower-IQ individuals shifted earlier to an adultlike pattern."
"...“Our findings raise the question of why a prolonged sensitive period in IQ development might be associated with higher IQ,” the scholars state, and also what the mechanism might be. On the one hand, prolonged immaturity could be beneficial for long-term cognitive development, but on the other, children who eventually have a high IQ score tend to do well early in development. Another possibility is that “heightened levels of attention and arousal, as one may find in individuals of higher IQ, may allow plasticity to occur later into development.”
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