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Can intelligence, at least as measured by IQ or some other metric, be lost by means other than traumatic brain injury? Could a child who was measured at 150 at age 5 turn into an adult with an IQ of 100 through stress, psychological illness or an infectious disease?

by /u/Seswatha in /r/askscience

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