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The Role of Genetics and Environment in IQ
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Research shows that while high IQ parents provide an enriched environment that can impact their children, adopted children's IQ scores don't correlate with the IQ scores of their adoptive parents but do correlate with their biological parents they've never met. Despite numerous attempts, interventions like memory training, listening to Mozart, etc. have shown no impact on intelligence test scores.
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The heritability of intelligence is one of the most contested debates in science.
2:10:09 - 2:13:25 (03:16)
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The heritability of intelligence is one of the most contested debates in science. Despite intensive research on education interventions to change intelligence, the results have continually shown little to no effect, ultimately challenging the notion that IQ is mostly inherited.
ChapterThe Role of Genetics and Environment in IQ
Episode#302 – Richard Haier: IQ Tests, Human Intelligence, and Group Differences
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Genes and environment play a crucial role in determining an individual's intelligence quotient (IQ).
2:13:25 - 2:15:55 (02:29)
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Genes and environment play a crucial role in determining an individual's intelligence quotient (IQ). However, despite various interventions, including memory training and listening to Mozart, there has been no significant impact on intelligence test scores.
ChapterThe Role of Genetics and Environment in IQ
Episode#302 – Richard Haier: IQ Tests, Human Intelligence, and Group Differences
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Research shows that genetics rather than social economic status (SES) have a stronger impact on intelligence.
2:15:55 - 2:21:59 (06:04)
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Research shows that genetics rather than social economic status (SES) have a stronger impact on intelligence. Studies with genetically informative designs indicate that the weight of evidence is in favor of genetic variance playing a more significant role in predicting intelligence outcomes than SES.