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A Very Interesting FindingPARENTS: I'm sure you will find the following information quite interesting. English researchers from Cardiff University and University of London tracked 8,000 British men and women for over 30 years. They became interested in conducting an extensive study to discover if children with high IQs were more likely than their peers to become addicted to alcohol. Several smaller studies indicated this was true. For the study, researchers James White and David Batty examined data from a British Cohort Study conducted in 1970. Using this data, the researchers found that of those 8,000, both males and females who were tracked and had the highest IQ scores when tested at age 5 were more likely than those with the lowest IQ scores to have a higher percentage of alcohol abuse and marijuana use by age 16.Women at age 30 with high IQ scores were more than twice as likely as low IQ women to have used marijuana or cocaine the prior year, while men with high IQs were 46 percent more likely to have used amphetamines than their low IQ counterparts. That's a very interesting finding!
DOGS ARE HIGHLY INTELLIGENT, BUT... DR. WALLACE: I have a pet dog that is very smart. He can do all kinds of tricks and is learning more every week. When I tell him to "Fetch my shoes," he brings both of them to me.
My uncle has a potbelly pig. He says that his porker is much smarter than my dog, Prince. I keep telling him that pigs are dumb or they wouldn't wind up as ham and bacon. My dad says that pigs are the smartest farm animals, but he doesn't think they are as intelligent as dogs. My mom thinks my uncle is putting me on. Is he? — Cindy, St. Charles, Ill. CINDY: We humans have long been smitten with dogs; they make wonderful, loyal pets. Over half of American families now own a dog or did at one time. And, yes, dogs are highly intelligent. However, your uncle is not putting you on about pigs. As all farmers know, pigs are even smarter than dogs, which is why capturing one that has gotten loose is so difficult. It's also why pigs led the revolt in George Orwell's "Animal Farm." But when it comes to loyalty and affection, dogs win hands down. Dr. Robert Wallace welcomes questions from readers. Although he is unable to reply to all of them individually, he will answer as many as possible in this column. Email him at rwallace@galesburg.net. To find out more about Dr. Robert Wallace and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2012 CREATORS.COM
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