Torsion dystonia and IQ SUPERIOR INTELLIGENCE IN RECESSIVELY INHERITED TORSION DYSTONIA https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673670918489 ht

Torsion dystonia and IQ SUPERIOR INTELLIGENCE IN RECESSIVELY INHERITED TORSION DYSTONIA https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673670918489 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014067367... NATURAL HISTORY OF ASHKENAZI INTELLIGENCE GREGORY COCHRAN, JASON HARDY, HENRY HARPENDING http://plancksconstant.org/blog1/pdfs/ashkiq.webpub.pdf http://plancksconstant.org/blog1/pdfs/ashkiq.webpub.pdf >Ever since torsion dystonia among the Ashkenazim was first recognized, observers have commented on the unusual intelligence of patients. Flatau and Sterling (Eldridge, 1976) describe their first patient as showing ‘an intellectual development far exceeding his age’, and their second patient as showing ‘extraordinary mental development for his age’. At least ten other reports in the literature have made similar comments. Eldridge (1970, 1976) studied fourteen Jewish torison dystonia patients: