From 4 To 14: Drawings Indicate Later Child Intelligence

Monday, August 18, 2014 - 20:30 in Psychology & Sociology

In Psychological Science, results from 7,752 pairs of identical and non-identical twins (a total of 15,504 children) from the Medical Research Council (MRC) funded Twins Early Development Study (TEDS) showed that how 4-year old children draw pictures of a child was an indicator of intelligence at age 14 - and the link between drawing and later intelligence was influenced by genes. read more

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