Intelligence in youth and health at age 50
•We examined links between intelligence in youth and health at age 50 in NLSY-1979.•Higher intelligence in youth is linked with better physical health at age 50.•Higher intelligence in youth is linked with lower risk for chronic illnesses.•Adult but not childhood SES partially mediated the intellige...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4659286/ |