{"id":225,"date":"2008-12-15T18:01:02","date_gmt":"2008-12-15T21:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com.br\/eccemedicus\/2008\/12\/intelligence-and-semen-quality-are-positively-correlated\/"},"modified":"2008-12-15T18:01:02","modified_gmt":"2008-12-15T21:01:02","slug":"intelligence-and-semen-quality-are-positively-correlated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blogs.unicamp.br\/eccemedicus\/2008\/12\/15\/intelligence-and-semen-quality-are-positively-correlated\/","title":{"rendered":"A Vingan\u00e7a dos NERDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In press na revista <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/wps\/find\/journaldescription.cws_home\/620195\/description#description\">Intelligence<\/a>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science?_ob=ArticleURL&amp;_udi=B6W4M-4V1D7PN-2&amp;_user=5674931&amp;_rdoc=1&amp;_fmt=&amp;_orig=search&amp;_sort=d&amp;view=c&amp;_acct=C000049650&amp;_version=1&amp;_urlVersion=0&amp;_userid=5674931&amp;md5=00092bdcb4c8c578280c239a36ff6b50\"><strong>Intelligence and semen quality are positively correlated<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\nAuthors: Rosalind Ardena, Linda S. Gottfredsonb, Geoffrey Millerc and Arand Pierced<br \/>\nSocial, Genetic, Developmental &amp; Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King&#8217;s College London, London SE5 8AF, United Kingdom<br \/>\nSchool of Education, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 USA<br \/>\nPsychology Department, Logan Hall 160, University of New Mexico, MSC03 2220 Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA<br \/>\nDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, MSCO8 4640, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA<br \/>\nAbstract<br \/>\nHuman cognitive abilities inter-correlate to form a positive matrix, from which a large first factor, called \u2018Spearman&#8217;s g\u2019 or general intelligence, can be extracted. General intelligence itself is correlated with many important health outcomes including cardio-vascular function and longevity. However, the important evolutionary question of whether intelligence is a fitness-related trait has not been tested directly, let alone answered. If the correlations among cognitive abilities are part of a larger matrix of positive associations among fitness-related traits, then intelligence ought to correlate with seemingly unrelated traits that affect fitness\u2014such as semen quality. We found significant positive correlations between intelligence and 3 key indices of semen quality: log sperm concentration (r = .15, p = .002), log sperm count (r = .19, p &lt; .001), and sperm motility (r = .14, p = .002) in a large sample of US Army Veterans. None was mediated by age, body mass index, days of sexual abstinence, service in Vietnam, or use of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, or hard drugs. These results suggest that a phenotype-wide fitness factor may contribute to the association between intelligence and health. Clarifying whether a fitness factor exists is important theoretically for understanding the genomic architecture of fitness-related traits, and practically for understanding patterns of human physical and psychological health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"scribefire-powered\">Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribefire.com\/\">ScribeFire<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In press na revista Intelligence: Intelligence and semen quality are positively correlated Authors: Rosalind Ardena, Linda S. 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