Flutterby™! : Poverty & IQ

Next unread comment / Catchup all unread comments User Account Info | Logout | XML/Pilot/etc versions | Long version (with comments) | Weblog archives | Site Map | | Browse Topics

Poverty & IQ

2015-12-23 19:36:42.025418+01 by Dan Lyke 2 comments

Poverty stunts IQ in the US but not in other developed countries.

Large Cross-National Differences in Gene × Socioeconomic Status Interaction on Intelligence (abstract), Tucker-Drob & Bates

[ related topics: Bioinformatics ]

comments in ascending chronological order (reverse):

#Comment Re: Poverty & IQ made: 2015-12-25 11:42:32.868201+01 by: meuon

It's easy to be poor in the USA and survive. In other places, it's a darwinian filter.

#Comment Re: Poverty & IQ made: 2015-12-29 18:14:18.345226+01 by: Dan Lyke

Except that this is in developed countries, so it's more likely that being poor is an impediment to education in the U.S. but not in other developed countries.