Re: [新聞] 研究顯示：胎兒頭大 智力較高

請不要使用過於情緒化的辭句，我想這裡應該是講道理講根據的討論版，
還有任何的科學研究都有其想法與存在價值，
"憑空製造社會恐慌"這種說法對研究人員並不公平。
※ 引述《[e-mail] (coyot+e)》之銘言：
> 我只問大家一個問題
> 若你們將來生出一個 在一歲內頭圍增長緩慢的兒女   你們該怎辦?
> 我對研究本身的評論是   憑空製造社會恐慌的研究人員  何不去死算了
> 就算他的研究結果都是對的又如何?  能治療嗎?  能棄養嗎?
> 除非有一天  能在一歲內發現並能治療  否則這種研究計劃早該被否定
> ※ 引述《[e-mail] ( )》之銘言：
> : 新聞從業人士者寫的跟研究人員寫的, 可能帶給讀者的感受會有相當大的不同,
> : 比方研究報告就不會用"胎兒頭大=智力較高"這種標題殺人式的寫法
> : 建議大家看完這篇文章以後, 再來對新聞稿件或研究本身分開評論. 以下附上摘要.
> : http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/118/4/1486
> : The Influence of Head Growth in Fetal Life, Infancy, and Childhood on
> : Intelligence at the Ages of 4 and 8 Years
> : Catharine R. Gale, PhDa, Finbar J. O'Callaghan, PhDb, Maria Bredow, MBChBc,
> : Christopher N. Martyn, DPhila and the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and
> : Children Study Team
> : a Medical Research Council Epidemiology Resource Centre, University of
> : Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom
> : b Departments of Paediatric Neurology
> : c Community Child Health, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol,
> : United Kingdom
> : OBJECTIVE. We investigated the effects of head growth prenatally, during
> : infancy, and during later periods of development on cognitive function at the
> : ages of 4 and 8 years.
> : METHODS. We studied 633 term-born children from the Avon Longitudinal Study
> : of Parents and Children cohort whose head circumference was measured at birth
> : and at regular intervals thereafter. Their cognitive function was assessed
> : with the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence at the age of 4
> : years and with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children at the age of 8
> : years. Linear regression analysis was used to calculate postnatal head growth
> : between successive time points, conditional on previous size, and to examine
> : the relationship between head growth during different periods of development
> : and later IQ.
> : RESULTS. When the influence of head growth was distinguished for different
> : periods, only prenatal growth and growth during infancy were associated with
> : subsequent IQ. At 4 years, after adjustment for parental characteristics,
> : full-scale IQ increased an average of 2.41 points for each 1-SD increase in
> : head circumference at birth and 1.97 points for each 1-SD increase in head
> : growth during infancy, conditional on head size at birth. At 8 years, head
> : circumference at birth was no longer associated with IQ, but head growth
> : during infancy remained a significant predictor, with full-scale IQ
> : increasing an average of 1.56 points for each 1-SD increase in growth.
> : CONCLUSION. The brain volume a child achieves by the age of 1 year helps
> : determine later intelligence. Growth in brain volume after infancy may not
> : compensate for poorer earlier growth.

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