Dr.HowardGardnerofHarvardUniversitybelievesthatgeniusesarelargelymade.Hemakestimeeverydaytolistentohisseven-year-oldsonplaythepiano—evenifitisnomorethanafewminutesduringaphonecallwhileheisawayataconference.
Itseemsexpertsareasdividedaseverovertheissueofwhichismoreimportant,environmentorgenetics.Thismay,however,beabouttochange.AconferenceorganizedearlierthisyearbroughttoLondonsomeofthebiggestnamesfrombothsidesofthedebate.Amazingresultsfromunpublishedworkwererevealed—andthebeginningofagreementcouldbeperceived.
Atpresent,itisbelievedthatgenesaccountforatleasthalfofwhatresearcherscall"g"—thegeneralthinkingabilitythatIQtestsaresupposedtomeasure—whileenvironmentalinfluencesaccountfortheotherhalf.Butsofartheonlyevidenceforageneticcomponenthasbeenthroughstatistics,therelationshipbeinginferredmathematicallyfromcomparisonsoftwinsandothersuchstudiesofcloserelatives.Plomin'smethodmakesuseofnewgenemappingtechniquesandpromisestoprovidedirectevidenceoftherolethatgenesplay.
Thebrainsofchildreninthestudywerescannedwhilebeingpresentedwithasimplevisualpuzzle.Theboysofaverageabilityandthegiftedgirlsshowedstrongactivityonbothsidesoftheirbrainsastheythoughtaboutthepuzzle.However,thegiftedboysrespondedverydifferently.Therewasasuddendropinactivityintheleftsideofthebrain—thesidemostinvolvedinlanguage—andanexaggeratedreactionontheright,thesidestrongestatthinkingaboutthelocationofobjects.Itseemsthatthebrainsofboyswithmathematicaltalentoperateinawaythatisphysicallyunique.
Athemerepeatedlyheardfromthespeakerswasthatspecialchildreninvariablyhavespecialparents.
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