On Jul 24, 2004, at 12:46 am, Elizabeth Miller wrote:
> A group of three-year-olds from Mauritius were given an intensive
> programme of enriched diet, exercise and cognitive stimulation, which
> included being read to and involved in conversation. By the age of 11
> they demonstrated increased brain activity on brain scan read-outs, and
> by 23 they were 64 per cent less likely than a control group of
> children
> not on the programme to have criminal records.......
Who designed this study? If you are trying to monitor the effects of
diet on behaviour you can't *also* change the learning environment of
the children. They should have been fed the improved diet and left
alone.
Ashley