Do Fathers Who Exercise Have Smarter Babies?
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Do Fathers Who Exercise Have Smarter Babies?
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Are you implying only rich people have time to exercise?
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The study described (albeit in mice) eliminates that confounding variable.
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It's worth reading the article, it's about an interesting study in lab mice.
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#6Actual title: "Do Fathers Who Exercise Have Smarter Babies?"
To further quote the article: “My personal opinion is that exercise is probably much more important” than mental stimulation for altering brains and gene expression and potentially even the aptitudes of one’s offspring, Dr. Fischer says.
If the author of the article specifically phrased it as a question, let's not jump to making a definitive statement by changing the title.
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#7Actual title: "Do Fathers Who Exercise Have Smarter Babies?" To further quote the article: “My personal opinion is that exercise is probably much more important” than mental stimulation for altering brains and gene expression and potentially even the aptitudes of one’s offspring, Dr. Fischer says. If the author of the article specifically phrased it as a question, let's not jump to making a definitive statement by ch…
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#9Actual title: "Do Fathers Who Exercise Have Smarter Babies?" To further quote the article: “My personal opinion is that exercise is probably much more important” than mental stimulation for altering brains and gene expression and potentially even the aptitudes of one’s offspring, Dr. Fischer says. If the author of the article specifically phrased it as a question, let's not jump to making a definitive statement by ch…
I used the title from the NY Times homepage, which at the time of submission had the more definitive version of the title.
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#10Correlation implied as causation.
Here is another correlation into causation article linking cardiovascular fitness to IQ[0]
Another way to look at it can be from the per-capita relation of economic class to fitness[1]. It is entirely possible that, because people higher up the economic ladder are more likely to be fit, and because they are more likely to receive better prenatal care, generally have better nutrition, and give their children more educational opportunities, that the actual cause may be economic status.
[0] https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/quilted-science/2009...
[1] https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2011/06/10/the-correla...