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...Because myelin is composed of lipids and cholesterol, Benton
(1996) hypothesized that g levels may be related to dietary variables.
Using a random sample of 7076 British citizens, Benton found that
individuals consuming a high-fat diet had reaction times that were
significantly faster than individuals who consumed a low-fat diet. The
effect was so pronounced, at the .00001 p-level, that the RTs of white
collar workers consuming low-fat diets were slower than blue collar
eating high-fat diets. For most researchers in the psychology,
Spearman’s g derives its importance from its behaviorally manifested
relationship with educational, economic, and social outcomes. However,
these studies and others (e.g., Vernon & Mori, 1990) indicate that g is
equally grounded in a varied number of physiological and biological
processes...
http://theoccidentalquarterly.com/vol3no1/hk-factor.html
You can't trust a lot of what you read on the internet, but this
article on intelligence seemed interesting.
...Especially invoked was the claim of social anthropologist Franz
Boas that skull measurements differed considerably between earlier and
later European migrants to the U.S., suggesting that better nutrition
and prenatal care could lead to big improvements in IQ and brain size...
I actually have a very small head myself, if that means anything, I
suppose my brains are small too. ;--) I hope this web site isn't a
front for some racist group.
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