James Brody
March 18th, 2009, 11:04 AM
Again, small differences in genetic potential lead to the construction of particular environments that are consistent with those differences.
JimB
From the evol-psych listserve and Dr. Robert Karl Stonjek:
"In a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience <http://www.physorg.com/tags/journal+of+neuroscience/> Feb. 18, UCLA neurology professor Paul Thompson and colleagues used a new type of brain-imaging scanner to show that intelligence http://www.physorg.com/tags/intelligence/ is strongly influenced by the quality of the brain's axons, or wiring that sends signals throughout the brain http://www.physorg.com/tags/brain/ . The faster the signaling, the faster the brain processes information. And since the integrity of the brain's wiring is influenced by genes, the genes we inherit play a far greater role in intelligence than was previously thought."
Also at Ming-Chang Chiang, Marina Barysheva, David W. Shattuck, Agatha D. Lee, Sarah K. Madsen, Christina Avedissian, Andrea D. Klunder, Arthur W. Toga, Katie L. McMahon, Greig I. de Zubicaray, Margaret J. Wright, Anuj Srivastava, Nikolay Balov, and Paul M. Thompson. Genetics of Brain Fiber Architecture and Intellectual Performance. Journal of Neuroscience, 2009; 29 (7): 2212 DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4184-08.2009
And at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317142841.htm
JimB
From the evol-psych listserve and Dr. Robert Karl Stonjek:
"In a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience <http://www.physorg.com/tags/journal+of+neuroscience/> Feb. 18, UCLA neurology professor Paul Thompson and colleagues used a new type of brain-imaging scanner to show that intelligence http://www.physorg.com/tags/intelligence/ is strongly influenced by the quality of the brain's axons, or wiring that sends signals throughout the brain http://www.physorg.com/tags/brain/ . The faster the signaling, the faster the brain processes information. And since the integrity of the brain's wiring is influenced by genes, the genes we inherit play a far greater role in intelligence than was previously thought."
Also at Ming-Chang Chiang, Marina Barysheva, David W. Shattuck, Agatha D. Lee, Sarah K. Madsen, Christina Avedissian, Andrea D. Klunder, Arthur W. Toga, Katie L. McMahon, Greig I. de Zubicaray, Margaret J. Wright, Anuj Srivastava, Nikolay Balov, and Paul M. Thompson. Genetics of Brain Fiber Architecture and Intellectual Performance. Journal of Neuroscience, 2009; 29 (7): 2212 DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4184-08.2009
And at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317142841.htm