Fox publishes some of the most sensationalistic science reporting I have ever seen. The paper itself is an extremely interesting result, since it provides some

Fox publishes some of the most sensationalistic science reporting I have ever seen. The paper itself is an extremely interesting result, since it provides some information about the folds in our brain (as Gunel is quoted as saying at the bottom of the article), but Fox's story is an insane distortion. First, the only thing they're reporting on is a link between changes in LAMC3 and " complex bilateral occipital cortical gyration abnormalities". They make no mention of intelligence. In the conclusion the scientists draw parallels between this finding and the unpredictability of other genes that work on the same structures, with the intent of highlighting how little we understand about the relation between genetics and neurology. Second, the scientists identified a grand total of four individuals out of a population of over 1000 that was already relatively at-risk. This is barely twice the incidence of Down Syndrome, and certainly not a large enough sample size to make any conclusions, especially about something as ill-defined as intelligence. Third, both of the test subjects mentioned in detail had average intelligence. One had minor neurological issues. There is no data to support the headline or the reporting. [edit: I may have found this from a different source or the link may have been changed. This post was in response to a Fox News story about the same paper, not the Yale press release.]