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Myopia and IQ: Is the ‘Brainy Glasses’ Stereotype True? · A Capture Deep Vibs A Positive Space For Inspiration And Embracing Of Heart

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  Speaker 1: Stereotypically, they are associated with being brainy. But is the
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  Speaker 1: stereotype true? Myopia, also known as nearsightedness, has been scientifically
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  Speaker 1: proven to correlate with higher intelligence. The discovery happened in
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  Speaker 1: 1958 and has had multiple independent studies following, with countries
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  Speaker 1: including the USA, Denmark, Singapore, New Zealand, Israel, and the
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  Speaker 1: Czech Republic being able to replicate its success. The Gutenberg
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  Speaker 1: Health Study in Mainz, Germany, founded by medical researchers, tested 4,658
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  Speaker 1: Germans in the age range of 35 to 74 who
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  Speaker 1: were nearsighted. Their conclusion? Higher IQ was more common in
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  Speaker 1: those who had myopia. In Israel, physical exams and IQ
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  Speaker 1: tests of 15,000 people showed that participants with the highest
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  Speaker 1: intelligence scores were three times as likely to have myopia
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  Speaker 1: as their peers. It was originally thought to be due
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  Speaker 1: to close-up reading, computer games, and other up-close detailed activities
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  Speaker 1: that was the cause. However, research now shows otherwise. Despite
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  Speaker 1: genetics that do come into play, environmental factors such as
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  Speaker 1: light deficiency increase the risk of refractive error and are
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  Speaker 1: the guilty party at hand. In a myopia study done
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  Speaker 1: in Sydney, Australia, Catherine Rose, a leading international visual disorder researcher,
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  Speaker 1: evaluated 4,000 schoolchildren to see if lack of outdoor activities
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  Speaker 1: affected the risk of myopia. Myopia was prevented by 10
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  Speaker 1: to 14 hours of the outdoors per week, although light
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  Speaker 1: levels and duration of exposure had to be at a
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  Speaker 1: certain level to be effective. Tested on mice and monkeys,
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  Speaker 1: animal researchers also concur with this conclusion. In Asian countries,
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  Speaker 1: compared to other countries, myopia was reported at a whopping 90%.
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  Speaker 1: Why is that, when in the UK, myopia was found
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  Speaker 1: in only 20-30% and the United States reported 40%? Retired
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  Speaker 1: general internist and former intensive care physician Dr. C shared,
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  Speaker 1: because many East Asian children study more than other school
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  Speaker 1: children and spend more and more time inside, they have
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  Speaker 1: a lot less exposure to sunlight, which induces retinal dopamine,
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  Speaker 1: which inhibits the growth of the eyeball, thus inhibiting the
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  Speaker 1: development of myopia. Homework is being set in preschool, and
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  Speaker 1: children starting school receive around two hours of homework per day.
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  Speaker 1: This contrasts with the much more relaxed pace of education
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  Speaker 1: in Australia, where homework is virtually non-existent at preschool and
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  Speaker 1: minimal in primary school, and where the use of coaching
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  Speaker 1: schools is really only a feature of the later years
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  Speaker 1: of high school, Dr. Ian Morgan stated. Don't forget to
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  Speaker 1: subscribe for more facts about figures. Do you have myopia?
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  Speaker 1: Do you feel smarter than everyone else? Comment below with
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  Speaker 1: your thoughts on the study.