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Big-head babies and University Degrees
Claim made by: Professor Ian Deary of Edinburgh University
Location: The Independent Newspaper website. URL: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/big-headed-babies-are-likely-to-earn-university-degrees-scientists-suggest-a7315826.html
Spotted on: 2016-09-19
Big-headed babies are likely to earn university degrees.
Professor Ian Deary of Edinburgh University claims that research has linked the size of a child’s head with their academic achievements later on in life, finding that the bigger the head smarter a baby will be.
I wish to see the actual research data and whether his findings have been published in a peer reviewed journal. On the face of it, it would appear that he and his colleagues have identified a correlation and not a phenomenon that amounts to factual causation.