In the long running debate in the nature vs nurture in determining how smart somebody is you have a major study that does address one factor in the problem of the lack of gray matter in the Deep South. Lifestyle matters when it comes to having a functioning brain. This is what makes a Teabagger.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110526102352.htm
Link thanks to regular commenter Joe M.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
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I'll accept the identification of the effect.
While awaiting the results of further studies to elucidate the cause(s), I'll simply relish the wonderful typo at the beginning of the article:
"-- a southern portion of the U.S. with significantly elevated stroke MORALITY rate --
John Puma
Is a stroke necessary for cognative decline in the South? I would imagine this would be evident with many Southerners without suffering from a stroke. Stupid is as stupid does...
Apparently the "stroke belt" doubles as the "ADHD belt"
http://tinyurl.com/3w255at
Let us just consider it the "generally whacked belt" until there surfaces proof to the contrary.
John Puma
An area where too many family trees have only one branch?
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