UK: Dimming down- How the brainpower of today's 14-year-olds has slipped 'radically' in just one generation
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Type of Content: Article Bright teenagers are a disappearing breed, an alarming new study has revealed. The intellectual ability of the country's cleverest youngsters has declined radically, almost certainly due to the rise of TV and computer games and over-testing in schools. The 'high-level thinking' skills of 14-year-olds are now on a par with those of 12-year-olds in 1976. Read »
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It most definitely does!
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Interesting article...how about the fluoride in the water and MSG in our food, don't you think that daily exposure to known neurotoxins might play a role as well?
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