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The causal influence of brain size on human intelligence: Evidence from within-family phenotypic associations and GWAS modeling.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 71 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Genome-wide meta-analysis of brain volume identifies genomic loci and genes shared with intelligence.Nature communications · 2020Pooled it
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- A genetic common factor underlying self-reported math ability and highest math class taken.Molecular psychiatry · 2025Article
- Whole genome sequence association analysis of brain structural volume measures in the NHLBI TOPMed Program highlights novel loci in diverse participants.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- The cost of language: functionally over-dominant language circuits in the human brain may limit cognitive abilities and non-verbal executive functions.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Article
- Cognition and Cognitive Reserve.Integrative psychological & behavioral science · 2024Review
- Bidirectional genetic overlap between autism spectrum disorder and cognitive traits.Translational psychiatry · 2023Article
- The impact of early adversity and education on genetic and brain morphological predictors of cognitive ability.Genes, brain, and behavior · 2023Article
- Structural architecture and brain network efficiency link polygenic scores to intelligence.Human brain mapping · 2023Article
- Cortical thickness, gray matter volume, and cognitive performance: a crosssectional study of the moderating effects of age on their interrelationships.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2023Article
- Measures of Brain Connectivity and Cognition by Sex in US Children.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Extended parental provisioning and variation in vertebrate brain sizes.PLoS biology · 2023Article
- Multimodal fusion analysis of functional, cerebrovascular and structural neuroimaging in healthy aging subjects.Human brain mapping · 2022Article
- Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms and brain morphology: Examining confounding bias.eLife · 2022Article
- Default mode and fronto-parietal network associations with IQ development across childhood in autism.Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders · 2022Article
- Head circumference trajectories during the first two years of life and cognitive development, emotional, and behavior problems in adolescence: a cohort study.European journal of pediatrics · 2022Article
- Cognition contra camouflage: How the brain mediates predator-driven crypsis evolution.Science advances · 2022Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
There exists a moderate correlation between MRI-measured brain size and the general factor of IQ performance (
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