Intellectual maturity and longevity: late-blooming composers and writers live longer than child prodigies
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Intellectual maturity and longevity: late-blooming composers and writers live longer than child prodigies
Life history theory links human physical and sexual development to longevity. However, there have been no studies on the association of intellectual development with longevity. This observational study investigates the relationship between the onset of intellectual maturity and lifespan through the life histories of composers and creative writers, whose intellectual development can be gauged th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Aging
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1945-4589
DOI: 10.18632/aging.101245