Re:Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from Covi...
by webmaven on Thursday October 22, 2020 @01:17AM
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> If isolation with a net connection for a few months dropped multiple IQ points, then all the shut-ins who do nothing but hang around on the Internet all day would be losing multiple tens of IQ points a year and would be functionally disabled by now.
You're assuming the effect is both permanent and cumulative.
An analogous effect: Clinical depression is also known to lower IQ in a subset of sufferers (for some oddballs, it's actually their main symptom). But the effect is neither permanent, nor cumulative. When the depression lifts, so does IQ (usually with a bit of delay).
So I would surmise that the same may be true of IQ deficits caused by prolonged isolation.
You're assuming the effect is both permanent and cumulative.
An analogous effect: Clinical depression is also known to lower IQ in a subset of sufferers (for some oddballs, it's actually their main symptom). But the effect is neither permanent, nor cumulative. When the depression lifts, so does IQ (usually with a bit of delay).
So I would surmise that the same may be true of IQ deficits caused by prolonged isolation.