The Nation - News from Oct. 6, 1986

Tall children tend to do better on intelligence tests than short children, according to an article in the October issue of Pediatrics, published in Chicago. “We found a small but a significant association between relative height and IQ scores,” said Dr. Darrell Wilson, who headed the Stanford University study. “The effect was present in both boys and girls.” The findings, based on data gathered on thousands of children, don’t mean all tall children will do better on such tests, the researchers said. Wilson said it might have something to do with how children of differing heights are treated by adults.