Study: High IQ May Come at Painful Price
From Times Wire Reports
It hurts to be smart. That’s one conclusion from the latest study of “smart” rodents that are genetically engineered to have enhanced memory and learning skills. Along with those extra IQ points, researchers find, comes an added sensitivity to some kinds of pain.
The new work offers a sobering lesson about the difficulty of enhancing certain brain functions without simultaneously taking a toll on others. It might temper any momentum to engineering genetic enhancements into people.
