An analysis of common genetic variants shows that hereditary factors that influence intelligence in childhood also affect it in old age. Such work could signal the end of the nature–nurture controversy. See Letter p.212
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Plomin, R. How intelligence changes with age. Nature 482, 165–166 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/482165a
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