[NSFW] Can we test if breastfeeding increases adult IQ?

Perhaps if you were ” born again ” and in the brain’s developmental spectrum this would work.

Why do I suspect your motives here?

Only a boob would ask a question like this.

My boys breastfed and they are very smart. That’s scientific evidence for you!

MIlo here; I was breastfed, and my IQ is off the charts.

I am an adult. Can I be tested to see if breastfeeding increases my IQ?

I was breastfed by my grandmother, she lactated in to her mid eighties, until I was seventeen years old and I am smarter n’ shit.

I was breastfed. We can close the thread now.

And I though I was so clever with my black hole pun. Turns out you’re just a letch. (pot, kettle, black)

<—- dumb ole’ bottle fed kid. But we’ll go tit for tat in scrabble.

I was briefly breastfed whilst on holiday by an Estonian bodybuilder named Helga.
It was quite difficult to clasp onto her nipple with all those rippling muscles, but still.
That was when I was 14 & I fink I gott klevererererer.

It’s been my experience that a breast + a man = kinda…. well… stupid : P

I.Q. tests rely on answers to questions that are heavily weighted by the local culture, race, and experience. I don’t think that there is a scientific way to measure intelligence let alone the effects of breast feeding. There is evidence that babies that are breastfed are healthier, less irritable, and have increased resistance to disease because of the acquired immunity from the mother’s milk.

All of these factors will possibly improve an I.Q. test grade but I doubt that you could attribute the improvement solely to breast feeding.

My maternity nurse wife told me that boy babies are easier to start breast feeding than girl babies. I believe that the enjoyment of breast continues beyond childhood.

@Ron_C \

Really?

Then how do you explain the closing of any gaps in non G laden portions of the test, the cultural and other factors you mention. How can there be a ” heavy weight ” in reverse span, reaction times and rotation of objects in space?

What you are thinking of is the paper and pencil tests which are only a small part of a real IQ test. What does the tester hold in their hand when a true IQ test is given?

The actuality is even though IQ tests are not perfect ( what is? ) they do the job well enough when properly given. The paper and pencil portion of the test can be given or taken by any bozo and generally are done that way. A true IQ test is taken by a psychometrician.

I too would love to participate in a study to evaluate if adults who obtain nutrition from lactating women show a pre – post difference in intelligence or other aspects of behavioural functionning.

@Neodarwinian Of course my motive is purely to advance science and, if tests confirm the method works, to provide adults with an enjoyable passtime whereby they can gradually add to their IQ. What could be more innocent than that? If it were otherwise, I would have labeled the question NSFW. Oh wait…

See—I really, really need the IQ boost.

@elbanditoroso See. My point exactly. I really need more working, firing synapses.

@janbb As the link in the OP indicated, the data are already in for the benefit to babies. I’m proposing a study to see if the fully matured brain can reap a the same sort of benefits.

@Milo Sadly, adult cats are lactose intolerant.

@Yetanotheruser & @Dr_Lawrence All we need are a few volunteer wet nurses now and us group of suckers and we got ourselves a real scientific experiment.

@Blondesjon Maybe you could be part of a separate study to see if benefits accrue all life long. You had to be pretty smart as a teen to convince your grandma to do that for you.

@FutureMemory No. You haven’t been breastfed enough, or you would have known the answer to that. :-)

@drhat77 And here I thought you were smart enough to know I was a lecherous old man from day one. More breastfeeding for you. It’s the only hope. :-)

@RealEyesRealizeRealLies You’d be perfect for a secondary group to see if the gains found in infants can be realized at any age.

@ucme Sounds charming. :-)

@Ela A possible side benefit. Experimenters hope that the desensitization therapy achieved will lessen the negative effects on intelligence that prominently displayed cleavage can have, As Robin Williams has accurately observed, “The problem is, God gave man a brain and a penis and only enough blood to run one at a time.”

@Ron_C I have to side with @Neodarwinian on the value of properly administered IQ tests. Even brake jobs are imperfect. But only a fool would drive a car forever without getting one.

However, on your second point, I am in complete agreement. I know for a fact that the simple pleasure of nursing continued beyond childhood in my case.

@ETpro . . . Not when I was 17, until I was 17.

@Blondesjon drank my breast milk when I was breastfeeding our children. He’s smarter n’ shit.

@Blondesjon My statement stands. FOr an 8 or 9 year old, pretty par for the course. But on into the teens demanded some wit on your part. Of course, you had 12 years or prior IQ enhancement under your belt, so to speak.

@jonsblond It clearly did wonders. I too helped my wife when she had an overload, and she nursed our youngest till he was 2 and weaned himself. His IQ is off the chart.

@ETpro and @Neodarwinian It is quite possible that I never had a real I.Q. test. My experience was that we took a test then the nuns yelled at us for not living up to our potential.

I didn’t want to start an argument, I just went by my (limited) experience. I did the written test, put blocks in holes and some other things that I barely remember. I defer to you guys for the proper interpretation of the tests.

@Ron_C

To answer my own question and for your enlightenment…... ( and for your head swelling deferment! )(my head, that is! )

The person giving a actual IQ test will be a psychologist with at least a masters degree, more probably a PhD, ( and pretentiously wanting you to address them as doctor! ) and likely a psychometrician. (psychometrics—the psychological discipline dealing with the quantification of human intelligence )

They will hold a stop watch in their hand. They will ask questions such as; ” what is the age of a person born in Oct., 1939, ” and then they will initiate the stop watch and shut it down when your answer is given. ( reaction time test )