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INTELLIGENCE, SEASON OF BIRTH AND CLIMATIC TEMPERATURE
Author(s) -
ORME J. E.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1963.tb00882.x
Subject(s) - season of birth , psychology , pregnancy , sample (material) , association (psychology) , intellectual ability , developmental psychology , biology , cognition , psychiatry , chemistry , genetics , chromatography , psychotherapist
Among a sample of adult intellectual subnormals, season of birth is significantly associated with the subsequent level of intellectual performance. An analysis of these data was made, together with climatic temperature levels during the embryonic development of these individuals. The association between season of birth and subsequent intellectual performance appears to be a result of the climatic changes (as measured by climatic temperature) occurring throughout pregnancy.