Language: A partial link between infant attention and later intelligence.

To extent to which the relation between infant visual recognition memory(indexed by novelty scores) and later IQ was accounted for by a common association with language was examined. In a longitudinal study, problems of visual recognition memory were administered at 7 months, scales of language development at 2.5, 3, and 4 years, and intelligence tests at 3, 4, and 5 years