I recently got interested in a new field https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cognitive_epidemiology<\/p>\n
Cognitive epidemiology<\/strong> is a field of research that examines the associations between intelligence test scores<\/span><\/a> (IQ scores or extracted g<\/em>-factors<\/span><\/a>) and health, more specifically morbidity (mental and physical) and mortality. Typically, test scores are obtained at an early age, and compared to later morbidity and mortality. In addition to exploring and establishing these associations, cognitive epidemiology seeks to understand causal relationships between intelligence and health outcomes. Researchers in the field argue that intelligence measured at an early age is an important predictor of later health and mortality differences.[1]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>[2]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n –<\/p>\n I decided to scout the academic literature. Here’s some for those also curious.<\/p>\n Special issue of Intelligence<\/em>, 2009, about cognitive epidemiology.<\/p>\n 1. Introduction to the special issue on cognitive epidemiology<\/a><\/p>\n 2. The association of childhood intelligence with mortality risk from adolescence to middle age Findings from the Aberdeen Children of the 1950s cohor<\/a><\/p>\n 3. Cognition and incident coronary heart disease in late midlife The Whitehall II study<\/a><\/p>\n 4. Can we understand why cognitive function predicts mortality Results from the Caerphilly Prospective Study (CaPS)<\/a><\/p>\n 5. Cognition and survival in a biracial urban population of old people<\/a><\/p>\n 6. Fluid intelligence is independently associated with all-cause mortality over 17 years in an elderly community sample<\/a><\/p>\n 7. Reaction time and established risk factors for total and cardiovascular disease mortality<\/a><\/p>\n 8. IQ in childhood and the metabolic syndrome in middle age Extended follow-up of the 1946 British Birth Cohort Study<\/a><\/p>\n 9. The association between IQ in adolescence and a range of health outcomes at 40 in the 1979 US National Longitudinal Study of Youth<\/a><\/p>\n 10. Does a fitness factor contribute to the association between intelligence and health outcomes<\/a><\/p>\n 11. Intelligence in childhood and risk of psychological distress in adulthood The 1958 National Child Development Survey and the 1970 British Cohort S<\/a><\/p>\n 12. Level of cognitive performance as a correlate and predictor of health behaviors that protect against cognitive decline in late life The path through life study<\/a><\/p>\n 13. Intelligence and persisting with medication for two years Analysis in a randomised controlled trial<\/a><\/p>\n 14. How intelligence and education contribute to substance use Hints from the Minnesota Twin family study<\/a><\/p>\n 15. Cognitive epidemiology With emphasis on untangling cognitive ability and socioeconomic status<\/a><\/p>\n —<\/p>\n Some other papers that i found:<\/p>\n Why is intelligence correlated with semen quality Biochemical pathways common to sperm and neuron function and their vulnerability to pleiotropic mutations<\/a><\/p>\n Why do intelligent people live longer<\/a><\/p>\n The relationships between cognitive ability and dental status in a national sample of USA adults<\/a><\/p>\n Rare Copy Number Deletions Predict Individual Variation in Intelligence<\/a><\/p>\n Looking for \u2018System Integrity\u2019 in Cognitive Epidemiology<\/a><\/p>\n Intelligence and semen quality are positively correlated<\/a><\/p>\n Intelligence Is It the Epidemiologists’ Elusive Fundamental Cause of Social Class Inequalities in Health<\/a><\/p>\n