Short children not as smart? (divorce, disease)

[James the Persian]

Another reason to move out to Romania! At 6', I'm taller than almost everyone in my wife's home town (they tend to be fairly short) so I'd presumably have an intellectual advantage there. I think, on reflection, though, that it's probably better to take this finding with an entire mine full of salt. Correlation does not in any way equal causation.

James

P.S.
A similarly stupid finding I remember from my days studying psychology is that apparently the best physical indicator of how well a relationship will last is to compare the length of index fingers, the more similar the better. More salt required, I feel.

[MysticSang'ha]

Well tehn imn moor stoopid then anny of yoo



Im foor feet and elevven innches tall




Mabey I can bee a table wehn I grow up






Peace,
Mystic

[michel]

Originally Posted by jeffrey

From http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/pac...kids/shortkids


Children's Height and Intelligence Linked

When it comes to intelligence tests, children who are short for their age seem to do worse than their taller friends, Reuters reports of a new study from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.

The study: Information was recorded on more than 1,400 children born in 1970 in Great Britain, including their height at 22 months and 5 years of age. At age 10, all completed a standard test of mental acuity.

The results: The shorter the child's height at age 5, the poorer he or she performed on the test at age 10, no matter the child's birth weight or family income. The implication is that slower childhood growth is associated with lower intelligence.

Why? It could be that environmental factors, such as a stressful home life, have a negative effect on both early childhood growth and mental development. "Childhood stress can slow growth significantly," lead study author Dr. Scott Montgomery told Reuters Health. There is evidence that long-term stress, such as that caused when parents argue frequently or divorce, can cause a child's growth to be impaired by affecting the body's production of a growth hormone. Some children--and by no means all--are shorter than they should be because of this. At the same time, such stress can influence the development of brain regions that are involved in memory and learning, according to Montgomery.

The opposite is also true. "A happy childhood is likely to enhance both physical growth and intellectual growth," he told Reuters.

IMPORTANT: Many children are shorter than average because that is their genetic makeup, and this is not due to an underlying environmental problem, such as family stress. In this case, short stature will not negatively influence their intelligence or performance on IQ tests.

The study findings were published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.

Ah! I have an excuse!

And what now ? - I am shrinking. (vertically, not horizontally -unfortunately )
It's the Osteoporosis..............

[Buttons*]

Well guys like short girls anyways (you pervs shut up)... we may be little and dumb... but we're cute that way

[standing_alone]

we may be little and dumb... but we're cute that way

Dumb does not equal cute.

[Buttons*]

Originally Posted by standing_alone

Dumb does not equal cute.

well you're also gay, so its different.

[standing_alone]

Well guys like short girls anyways

Hah! Then why don't you have a boyfriend?!

[standing_alone]

well you're also gay, so its different.

How does me being gay make it different?

[Buttons*]

Originally Posted by standing_alone

Hah! Then why don't you have a boyfriend?!

*blushes*

[Buttons*]