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Early-Life Intelligence Predicts Midlife Biological Age

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  • Jonathan D. Schaefer
  • Avshalom Caspi
  • Daniel W. Belsky
  • Honalee Harrington
  • Renate Houts
  • Salomon Israel
  • Morgan E. Levine
  • Karen Sugden
  • Benjamin Williams
  • Richie Poulton
  • Terrie E. Moffitt

Abstract

Objectives. Early-life intelligence has been shown to predict multiple causes of death in populations around the world. This finding suggests that intelligence might influence mortality through its effects on a general process of physiological deterioration (i.e., individual variation in "biological age"). We examined whether intelligence could predict measures of aging at midlife before the onset of most age-related disease.

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  • Jonathan D. Schaefer & Avshalom Caspi & Daniel W. Belsky & Honalee Harrington & Renate Houts & Salomon Israel & Morgan E. Levine & Karen Sugden & Benjamin Williams & Richie Poulton & Terrie E. Moffitt, 2016. "Early-Life Intelligence Predicts Midlife Biological Age," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 71(6), pages 968-977.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:71:y:2016:i:6:p:968-977.
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    1. Morgan E. Levine & Eileen M. Crimmins, 2018. "Is 60 the New 50? Examining Changes in Biological Age Over the Past Two Decades," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 55(2), pages 387-402, April.
    2. Liina Mansukoski & Eef Hogervorst & Luis Fúrlan & J Andres Galvez-Sobral & Katherine Brooke-Wavell & Barry Bogin, 2019. "Instability in longitudinal childhood IQ scores of Guatemalan high SES individuals born between 1941-1953," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(4), pages 1-13, April.
    3. Eichelberger, Dominique A. & Sticca, Fabio & Kübler, Dinah R. & Kakebeeke, Tanja H. & Caflisch, Jon A. & Jenni, Oskar G. & Wehrle, Flavia M., 2023. "Stability of mental abilities and physical growth from 6 months to 65 years: Findings from the Zurich Longitudinal Studies," Intelligence, Elsevier, vol. 97(C).
    4. Reuben, Aaron & Arseneault, Louise & Belsky, Daniel W. & Caspi, Avshalom & Fisher, Helen L. & Houts, Renate M. & Moffitt, Terrie E. & Odgers, Candice, 2019. "Residential neighborhood greenery and children's cognitive development," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 230(C), pages 271-279.

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