Head Size, Autism and IQ
Mind Hacks has some details on a study that links the size of your head at birth to your IQ. Last year, Myomancy covered a study linking head size to autism.
The implications of both these studies are significant if their findings are confirmed. It might gives us a way of identifying those babies at risk of autism. It may also give rise to less desirable behaviour such as parents worrying that their child’s normal size head means that the child won’t be smart.
Find Out More:
Books:
- Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level
- Functional Behavior Assessment for People With Autism: Making Sense of Seemingly Senseless Behavior (Topics in Autism)
- Lucy’s Story: Autism and Other Adventures
- Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant
- Autism in the School-Aged Child
December 2nd, 2006
Autism, Autism Tests & Diagnosis
Comments on: Head Size, Autism and IQ
I suspect that this is a bit of a long shot - my two boys [head sizes] differ significantly and I doubt that has anything to do with how their autism manifests itself. That said, I’m all for research, anything that might make a difference.
Best wishes
Posted by: mcewen December 2nd, 2006 at 4:23 pm
schizophrenics also have larger heads than average
Posted by: Jay March 6th, 2008 at 7:44 am
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