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Certain groups of handicapped children clearly contain a high incidence of those born in the summer. The fault seems to lie with the British educational system.
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WILLIAMS, P., DAVIES, P., EVANS, R. et al. Season of Birth and Cognitive Development. Nature 228, 1033–1036 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/2281033a0
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