Essay | Published:

Why do intelligent people live longer?

Nature volume 456, pages 175176 (13 November 2008) | Download Citation

Subjects

We must discover why cognitive differences are related to morbidity and mortality, argues Ian Deary, in order to help tackle health inequalities.

Access optionsAccess options

Rent or Buy article

Get time limited or full article access on ReadCube.

from$8.99

All prices are NET prices.

References

  1. 1.

    Intelligence: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford Univ. Press, 2001).

  2. 2.

    et al. Epidemiology (in the press).

  3. 3.

    , & Ann. Epidemiol. 17, 278–288 (2007).

  4. 4.

    , , , & Heart doi:10.1136/hrt.2008.149567 (2008).

  5. 5.

    & Pers. Individ. Dif. 13, 699–716 (1992).

  6. 6.

    & Br. Med. J. 322, 819–822 (2001).

  7. 7.

    et al. Psychosom. Med. 65, 877–883 (2003).

  8. 8.

    Pers. Soc. Psychol. 86, 174–199 (2004).

  9. 9.

    et al. Diabetologia 51, 436–443 (2008).

  10. 10.

    & Psychol. Sci. 16, 64–69 (2005).

  11. 11.

    , , & Psychol. Sci. 19, 874–880 (2008).

Download references

Author information

Affiliations

  1. Ian Deary is director of the University of Edinburgh Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK.  i.deary@ed.ac.uk

    • Ian Deary

Authors

  1. Search for Ian Deary in:

About this article

Publication history

Published

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1038/456175a

Further reading Further reading

Comments

By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.

Newsletter Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing