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September 28, 2025Open Access

Age of parents and cognitive ability of their children – is there a negative, no or positive correlation?

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HRHeiner Rindermann

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Analysis reveals positive correlations between parental age and children’s intelligence, suggesting implications for family planning.

Key Points

  • Positive correlations between parental age and children's intelligence were observed across samples, with r values from +0.10 to +0.11.
  • Curvilinear correlations indicate a stronger relationship, averaging R=0.20, suggesting an optimal parental age for cognitive development.
  • The mother's age showed a stronger impact on children's intelligence than the father's, with RF=0.16 versus RM=0.19.
  • The analysis accounted for other family variables, with parental education being a more significant factor at beta=0.28.

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Heiner Rindermann (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d90bc941e1c178a14f716dhttps://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/8zahd_v1
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