Some numbers on non-shared ‘environment’ effects

https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/03/16/non-shared-environment-doesnt-just-mean-schools-and-peers/ Scott Alexander has a new post out summarizing the interpretations of what constitutes non-shared environment in the ACE model estimates from standard (MZ-DZ) twin studies. I'm happy that he…

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Does genomic prediction work?

Comment on: http://infoproc.blogspot.dk/2016/02/missing-heritability-and-gcta-update-on.html First, skim this paper: http://journals.plos.org/ploso... Genomic prediction works fairly well. This recent paper does a cross-data cross-method analysis of genomic prediction methods using 10 fold cross-validation to…

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Comments on Gwern’s “Embryo selection for intelligence”

Link: http://www.gwern.net/Embryo%20selection Embryo selection an add-on to IVF [his summary]: harvest x eggs fertilize them and create x embryos culture the embryos to either cleavage (2-4 days) or blastocyst (5-6…

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Comments on Noah Carl’s new study: IQ and socio-economic development across local authorities of the UK

Paper is on Scihub. There are a few researchers engaged in the cognitive sociology adventure. Aside from myself and John Fuerst, Noah Carl has also taken up the task. There…

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Intelligence 34 (2006): Climate and general intelligence, mini special issue

This was an exchange between researchers that took place in 2006 in the academic journal Intelligence (34). Templer, D. I., & Arikawa, H. (2006). Temperature, skin color, per capita income,…

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