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Indiana University study:
having children significantly lowers parents’ IQs
By Mike Gaddis
THG News
http://www.hoosiergazette.com/News/Sept2004/news001.htm
A five-year study run by Indiana University’s Kinsey Institute for
Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction proves what many in the
scientific community have always suspected: having children
significantly lowers the IQ of both male and female parents.
Researchers at the Kinsey Institute began their study in 1999 by giving
200 married couples who were planning on starting families within the
next four years Intelligence Quotient (IQ) tests. By 2003, all but 27
of these couples had conceived.
Another IQ test was given to each set of parents successful in
conceiving and birthing a baby six months after their child was born.
These results were compared to the previous intelligence tests.
In every single one of the 173 cases, both parents scored at least
twelve points lower on the second IQ test, with the majority of parents
losing twenty or more IQ points.
Dr. Hosung Lee, director of the study, was not surprised with the
findings. “The research proved that our hypothesis was correct. Having
children does retard one’s brain activity, and since both parents lost
intelligence, we must assume that this loss has a psychological rather
than biological cause.”
The IQ tests show that when a child is born, the part of the brain that
makes one think objectively takes the biggest hit when it comes to
losing brainpower. “This explains why every parent thinks their child
is the smartest kid in class or the best athlete, even if that child is
as dumb as a box of rocks or needs a calendar to time their forty-yard
dash. People who before were intelligent and open-minded turn into
raving lunatics who want to blame a teacher or coach every time their
mediocre child fails,” said Lee.
Lee says the Kinsey Institute will continue to test the couples
participating in the study to determine if the loss of intelligence is
reversible once children grow up and leave the nest and if parents who
continue having children lose even more intelligence.
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ZigonZagoff
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| Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2004 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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They should add in number of hours of sleep they get after the baby is born. Cause I know sleep deprivation first hand.
But my baby is not the smartest, most athletic baby around (even if my wife thinks he is) but he definitely is the cutest (at least to us) |
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Jenny
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| Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2004 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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Why should they be add in number of hours of sleep they get after the baby is born?
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| Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2004 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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Didnt read all of zigons post, but the part i read i think his thinking is along the same as mine. Take 200 ppl and give them an IQ test. Then for the next 6 months, change their sleep pattern and deprive it as well. See how many points it drops then. I gaurantee it will drop as well.
Statistics are made to sway in the direction of the person doing them for their purpose.
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Jenny
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I see. About one million.
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Mildane
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I better not have any kids then. If my IQ drops any lower I'll be legally dumb.
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Jenny
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| Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 1:43 pm Post subject: |
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Why do you have to do it?
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Elnrik Talshiar
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| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 2:42 am Post subject: |
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Cause it's fun, Jenny.
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Jenny
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Good reason. Enough about me, let's talk about my dress.
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