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posted by janrinok on Monday March 19 2018, @05:24AM   Printer-friendly

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More than 500 genes associated with intelligence have been identified in the largest study of its kind.

Researchers used data from the UK Biobank, comparing DNA variants from more than 240,000 people. Their analysis identified 538 genes linked to intellectual ability, and 187 regions of the human genome that are associated with thinking skills. Some of these genes are also linked to other biological processes, including living longer.

However, even with all these genes, it's still difficult to predict a person's intelligence from their genomes. When they analysed the DNA of a group of different people, the team were only able to predict 7 per cent of the intelligence differences between those people.

Source: Found: more than 500 genes that are linked to intelligence

A combined analysis of genetically correlated traits identifies 187 loci and a role for neurogenesis and myelination in intelligence (open, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-017-0001-5) (DX)


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 19 2018, @09:22AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 19 2018, @09:22AM (#654764)

    We have tests that largely agree with human assessment of who is and isn't intelligent.

    So rote memorizing information? Because to most people, that seems to qualify as "intelligent".

    Oh, you must have been referring to some other assessment. So, we have tests that largely agree with a vague human assessment of who is and isn't intelligent. Wow. That might be impressive if the definition was even remotely clear.

    This is strongly correlated with all sorts of things in life, which helps to make the measurement valuable.

    Things like doing well in school systems and making money. You'll have to forgive me for not being impressed, since that too is arbitrary.

    Come back when we have a concrete understanding of intelligence, and then we might be able to call it scientific. Until then, it's just social 'science' rubbish, just like most of the tripe that comes from those fields.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 19 2018, @09:40PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 19 2018, @09:40PM (#655140)

    I think there's probably a very large correlation between ability to memorize information and effective intelligence. Information needs context to be processed, and without knowledge, there is no context.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 20 2018, @01:57AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 20 2018, @01:57AM (#655224)

    Too bad the use of the term rote memorization sans irony correlates highly with low intelligence and poor academic performance.