Re:The Relationship Between Intelligence and Anxiety
by projektir on Monday December 21, 2015 @08:56PM
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I think we need more data than that before we draw any conclusions. That's a rather small sample size.
This reminds me of an excerpt from The Sports Gene about Met and Val alleles in the COMT[1] gene, though:
"Cognitive testing and brain imaging studies have found that subjects with two Met versions - both animals and humans - tend to do better and require less metabolic effort for cognitive and memory tasks, but that they are also more prone to anxiety and more sensitive to pain. Conversely, Val/Val carriers seem to do slightly worse on cognitive tests that require rapid mental flexibility, but may be more resilient to stress and pain."
This reminds me of an excerpt from The Sports Gene about Met and Val alleles in the COMT[1] gene, though:
"Cognitive testing and brain imaging studies have found that subjects with two Met versions - both animals and humans - tend to do better and require less metabolic effort for cognitive and memory tasks, but that they are also more prone to anxiety and more sensitive to pain. Conversely, Val/Val carriers seem to do slightly worse on cognitive tests that require rapid mental flexibility, but may be more resilient to stress and pain."
[1]: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22530780