Sundet et al. showed intelligence and height increased in an identical pattern among Norwegian military draftees 1950-1990, though height gains were driven by the upper half of the distribution while IQ gains were driven by the lower half.
Evidence
Secular trends in physical growth, biological maturation, and intelligence in children and adolescents born between 1978 and 1993 (Frontiers in Public Health)
Categorization
- corroborated: 5 independent passages support this claim
- XREF: connects to: Intelligence is malleable and shaped by environment, not fixed by heredity — Harriet A. Washington, A Terrible Thing to Waste, 54
Related
- Sundet et al. showed intelligence and height increased in an identical pattern among Norwegian military draftees 1950-1990, though height gains were driven by the upper half of the distribution while IQ gains were driven by the lower half. (similarity 0.96)
- Intelligence is malleable and shaped by environment, not fixed by heredity (similarity 0.79)