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Reaction times match IQ for major causes of mortality: Evidence from a population based prospective cohort study

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  • Der, Geoff
  • Deary, Ian J.

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The association of premorbid cognitive ability with all-cause mortality is now well established. However, since all-cause mortality is relatively uninformative about aetiology, evidence has been sought, and is beginning to accumulate, for associations with specific causes of mortality. Likewise, the underlying causal pathways may be illuminated by considering associations with different measures of cognitive ability. For example, critics of IQ type measures point to possible cultural or social biases and there is, consequently, a need for more culturally neutral measures such as reaction times. We examine the associations of cognitive ability with major causes of mortality, including: cardiovascular disease, cancer and respiratory disease and compare the results for a standard IQ test, the Alice Heim 4 (AH4), with those for simple and four-choice reaction times.

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  • Der, Geoff & Deary, Ian J., 2018. "Reaction times match IQ for major causes of mortality: Evidence from a population based prospective cohort study," Intelligence, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 134-145.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:intell:v:69:y:2018:i:c:p:134-145
    DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2018.05.005
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