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Earlier Studies That Linked Specific Genes To Intelligence Were Largely Wrong, Harvard Researchers Find
February 27, 2012 by NewsBot
For decades, scientists have understood that there is a genetic component to intelligence, but a new Harvard study has found both that most of the genes thought to be linked to intelligence are probably not in fact related to it, and identifying intelligence's specific genetic roots may still be a long way off. Led by David I. Laibson '88, the Robert I...