Staff Member Biography

Professor Ian Deary

position: Professor of Differential Psychology (Honorary member of Staff at SPHSU)programme: None

Contact Details

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phone: 0131 650 3452

Address

School of Philosophy,
Psychology & Language Sciences,
University of Edinburgh,
Edinburgh EH8 9JZ

Biography and Interests

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Publications

Dykiert D, Der G, Starr JM, Deary IJ. Sex differences in reaction time mean and intra-individual variability across the life span [Epub ahead of print]. Developmental Psychology 2012.

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Calvin CM, Batty GD, Lowe GD, Deary, I J. Childhood intelligence and midlife inflammatory and hemostatic biomarkers: The National Child Development Study (1958) Cohort. Health Psychology 2011;30:710-8.

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Ginty AT, Phillips AC, Der G, Deary IJ, Carroll D. Heart rate reactivity is associated with future cognitive ability and cognitive change in a large community sample. International Journal of Psychophysiology 2011;82:167-74.

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Batty DG, Kivimäki M, Deary IJ. Intelligence, education and mortality (editorial). British Medical Journal 2010; 340:c563

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Batty GD, Der G, Benzeval M, Deary IJ. Does IQ predict cardiovascular disease mortality as strongly as other risk factors? Comparison of effect estimates using the Twenty-07 prospective cohort study . European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation 2010; 17:24-7.

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Der G, Allerhand M, Starr JM, Hofer SM, Deary IJ. Age related changes in memory and fluid reasoning in a sample of healthy old people. Neuropsychology Development and Cognition B: Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition 2010; 17:55-70.

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Gale CR, Batty GD, Tynelius P, Deary IJ, Rasmussen F. Intelligence in early adulthood and subsequent hospitalisation for mental disorders. Epidemiology 2010; 21:70-7.

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Ginty AR, Phillips AC, Der G, Deary IJ, Carroll D. Cognitive ability and simple reaction time predict cardiac reactivity in the West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study. Psychophysiology 2011; 48:1022-7.

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Johnson W, Kyvik KO, Batty GD, Mortensen EL, Skytthe A, Deary IJ. Education reduces the effects of genetic susceptibility to poor physical health. International Journal of Epidemiology 2010; 39:406-14.

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Phillips AC, Carroll D, Thomas GN, Gale CR, Deary IJ, Batty GD. The influence of multiple indices of socioeconomic disadvantage across the adult life course on the metabolic syndrome: the Vietnam Experience Study. Metabolism 2010; 59:1164-71.

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von Stumm S, Macintyre S, Batty DG, Clark H, Deary IJ. Intelligence, social class of origin, childhood behavior disturbance and education as predictors of status attainment in midlife in men: The Aberdeen Children of the 1950s study. Intelligence 2010; 38:202-11.

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Whitley E, Batty DG, Gale CR, Deary IR, Tynelius P, Rasmussen F. Intelligence in early adulthood and subsequent risk of unintentional injury over two decades: cohort study of 1,109,475 Swedish men. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2010; 64:419-25.

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Whitley E, Batty GD, Gale CR, Deary IJ, Tynelius P, Rasmussen P. Intelligence in early adulthood and subsequent risk of assault: cohort study of 1,120,998 Swedish men. Psychosomatic Medicine 2010; 72:390-6.

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Batty GD, Gale C, Tynelius P, Deary IJ, Rasmussen F. IQ in early adulthood, socio-economic position, and unintentional injury mortality by middle-age: cohort study of over one million Swedish men. American Journal of Epidemiology 2009; 169:606-15.

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Batty GD, Shipley M, Macintyre S, Der G, Mortensen L, Dundas R, Deary IJ. Does IQ explain the socioeconomic gradient in mortality? Comparison with the explanatory power of classic risk factors in the Vietnam Experience Study. European Heart Journal 2009; 30:1903-9.

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Deary IJ, Allerhand M, Der G. Smarter in middle age, faster in old age: a cross-lagged panel analysis of reaction time and cognitive ability over 13 years in the West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study. Psychology and Aging 2009; 24:40-7.

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Deary IJ, Gale CR, Stewart MCM, Fowkes FGR, Murray GD, Batty GD, Price JF. Intelligence and persisting with medication for two years: prospective analysis of a randomised controlled trial of aspirin for asymptomatic atherosclerosis. Intelligence 2009; 37:607-12.

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Der G, Batty GD, Deary IJ. The association between IQ in adolescence and a range of health outcomes at 40 in the 1979 US National Longitudinal Study of Youth. Intelligence 2009; 37:573-80.

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Gale C, Batty GD, Cooper C, Deary IJ. Psychomotor coordination and intelligence in childhood and health in adulthood- testing the System Integrity hypothesis. Psychosomatic Medicine 2009; 71:675-81.

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Gale C, Johnston W, Deary IJ, Schoon I, Batty GD. Intelligence in girls and their subsequent smoking behaviour as mothers: the 1958 National Child Development Study and the 1970 British Cohort Study. International Journal of Epidemiology 2009; 38:173-81.

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Jokela M, Batty GD, Deary IJ, Gale CR, Kivimäki M. Low childhood IQ and early adult mortality: The role of explanatory factors in the 1958 British Birth Cohort. Pediatrics 2009; 124:e380-8.

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Phillips AC, Batty GD, Gale C, Deary IJ, Osborne D, MacIntyre K, Carroll D. Generalised anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, and their comorbidity as predictors of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: the Vietnam Experience Study. Psychosomatic Medicine 2009; 71:395 - 403.

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Roberts B, Der G, Deary IJ, Batty GD. Reaction time and established risk factors for total and cardiovascular disease mortality: Comparison of effect estimates in the follow-up of a large, UK-wide, general-population based survey. Intelligence 2009; 37:561-6.

von Stumn S, Gale C, Batty GD, Deary IJ. Childhood intelligence, locus of control and behaviour disturbance as determinants of intergenerational social mobility: the 1970 British Cohort Study. Intelligence 2009; 37:329-40.

Weiss A, Gale CR, Batty GD, Deary IJ. Emotionally stable, intelligent men live longer: The Vietnam experience study. Psychosomatic Medicine 2009; 71:385-94.

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Batty GD, Mortensen L, Gale C, Shipley M, Roberts B, Deary IJ. IQ in early adulthood, risk factors in middle-age and later cancer mortality in men: the Vietnam Experience Study. Psycho-oncology 2009; 18:1122-6.
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Deary IJ, Batty GD, Gale CR. Corrigendum to “Childhood intelligence predicts voter turnout, voting preferences, and political involvement in adulthood: the 1970 British Cohort Study” Intelligence 2009; 37:325.

Gale CR, Hatch SL, Batty GD, Deary IJ. Intelligence in childhood and risk of psychological distress in adulthood: the 1958 National Child Development Survey and the 1970 British Cohort Study. Intelligence 2009; 37:592-9.

Richards M, Black S, Mishra G, Gale CR, Deary IJ, Batty GD. Childhood IQ and the metabolic syndrome: the 1946 British Birth Cohort Study. Intelligence 2009; 37:567-72.

Batty G, Gale C, Mortensen L, Langenberg C, Shipley M, Deary I. Pre-morbid intelligence, the metabolic syndrome and mortality: the Vietnam Experience Study. Diabetologia 2008; 51:436-43.
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Batty GD, Deary IJ, Tengstrom A, Rasmussen F. IQ in early adulthood and later risk of death by homicide: cohort study of 1 million men. British Journal of Psychiatry 2008; 193:461-5.

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Batty GD, Mortensen L, Gale C, Deary IJ. Is low IQ related to risk of death by homicide? Testing an hypothesis using data from the Vietnam Experience Study. Psychiatry Research 2008; 161:112-5.
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Batty GD, Shipley M, Gale CR, Mortensen L, Deary IJ. Does IQ predict cardiovascular disease mortality as strongly as other risk factors? Comparison of effect estimates using the Vietnam Experience Study. Heart 2008; 94:1541-4.

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Batty GD, Shipley M, Mortensen L, Boyle S, Barefoot J, Gronbaek M, Gale C, Deary IJ. IQ in late adolescence/early adulthood, risk factors in middle-age, and later all-cause mortality in men: the Vietnam Experience Study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2008; 62:522-31.
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Batty GD, Shipley M, Mortensen L, Gale C, Deary IJ. IQ in late adolescence/early adulthood, risk factors in middle-age and later coronary heart disease mortality in men: the Vietnam Experience Study. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation 2008; 15:359-61.
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Deary IJ, Batty GD, Gale CR. Bright children become enlightened adults. Psychological Science 2008; 19:1-6.
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Deary IJ, Batty GD, Pattie A, Gale CR. More intelligent, more dependable children live longer: A 55-year longitudinal study of a representative sample of the Scottish nation. Psychological Science 2008; 19:874-80.

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Der G, Batty GD, Deary IJ. Results from the PROBIT breastfeeding trial may have been over-interpreted (letter). Archives of General Psychiatry 2008; 65:1456-7.

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Gale C, Batty GD, Deary IJ. Locus of control and intelligence in childhood and health outcomes and behaviour in adulthood: the 1970 British Cohort Study. Psychosomatic Medicine 2008; 70:397-403.
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Gale C, Deary IJ, Batty GD. Intelligence and carotid atherosclerosis in older people: cross-sectional study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2008; 56:769-71.

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Gale CR, Deary IJ, Boyle SH, Barefoot J, Mortensen LH, Batty GD. Cognitive ability in early adulthood and risk of five specific psychiatric disorders in mid life: the Vietnam Experience Study. Archives of General Psychiatry 2008; 65:1410-8.

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Lawlor DA, Batty GD, Clark H, Macintyre S, Leon DA. The association of childhood intelligence with risk of coronary heart disease and stroke: findings from the Aberdeen Children of the 1950s cohort study. European Journal of Epidemiology 2008; 23:695-706.

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Shipley BA, Der G, Taylor MD, Deary IJ. Cognition and mortality from the major causes of death: the Health and Lifestyle Survey. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 2008; 65:143-52.
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Starr JM, Hall RJ, Macintyre S, Deary IJ, Whalley LJ. Predictors and correlates of edentulism in the Healthy Old People in Edinburgh (HOPE) study. Gerodontology 2008; 25:199-204.
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Alves J, Gale C, Souza E, Batty GD. Effect of physical exercise on bodyweight in overweight children: a randomised controlled trial in a Brazilian slum. Cadernos de Saúde Pública (Reports in Public Health) 2008; 24:s353-9.

Deary IJ, Batty GD, Gale CR. Childhood intelligence predicts voter turnout, voting preferences, and political involvement in adulthood: the 1970 British Cohort Study. Intelligence 2008; 36:548-55.

Batty GD, Deary IJ, Gottfredson L. Premorbid (early life) IQ and later mortality risk: systematic Review. Annals of Epidemiology 2007; 17:278-288.
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Batty GD, Deary IJ, Macintyre S. Childhood IQ in relation to risk factors for premature mortality in middle-aged persons: the Aberdeen Children of the 1950s study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2007; 61:241-247.
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Batty GD, Deary IJ, Schoon I, Gale C. Childhood mental ability in relation to cause-specific accidents in adulthood - the 1970 British Cohort Study. Quarterly Journal of Medicine 2007; 100:405-414.
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Batty GD, Deary IJ, Schoon I, Gale C. Mental ability across childhood in relation to risk factors for premature mortality in adult life: the 1970 British Cohort Study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2007; 61:997-1003
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Gale C, Deary IJ, Schoon I, Batty GD. IQ in childhood and vegetarianism in adulthood: 1970 British cohort study. British Medical Journal 2007; 334:245-248.

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Shipley BA, Der G, Taylor MD, Deary IJ. Association between mortality and cognitive change over 7 years in a large representative sample of UK residents. Psychosomatic Medicine 2007; 69:640-50.
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Shipley BA, Weiss A, Der G, Taylor MD, Deary IJ. Neuroticism, extraversion, and mortality in the UK health and lifestyle survey: a 21-year prospective cohort study. Psychosomatic Medicine 2007; 69:923-931.
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Batty G, Modig Wennerstad K, Davey Smith G, Gunnell D, Deary IJ, Tynelius P, Rasmussen F. IQ in early adulthood and later cancer risk: cohort study of one million Swedish men. Annals of Oncology 2007; 18:21-28.
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Batty GD, Deary IJ, Schoon I, Gale C. Childhood mental ability in relation to food intake and physical activity in adulthood, the 1970 British cohort study. Pediatrics 2007; 119:38-45.
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Batty GD, Gale CR, Chandola T, Deary IJ. Early life IQ, risk factors, and later cardiovascular disease: new data from the 1958 British Birth Cohort and a systematic review (Quociente de Inteligência na Infância, Fatores de Risco e Doença Cardiovascular na Vida Adulta: Revisão Sistemática e Dados Recentes do Estudo de Coorte Inglês de 1958) In: Alves JG, Sampaio-Carneiro M, eds. Prevention of adult chronic diseases in infancy and adolescence (Prevenção de Doenças do Adulto na Infância e na Adolescência) Rio de janeiro: Medbook, 2007:29-46.

Deary IJ, Batty GD. Cognitive epidemiology: a glossary of terms. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2007; 61:378-384.
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Deary IJ, Irwing P, Der G, Bates TC. Brother-sister differences in the g factor in intelligence: analysis of full, opposite-sex siblings from the NLSY1979. Intelligence 2007; 35:451-6.

Batty GD, Deary IJ, Macintyre S. Childhood IQ and life course socio-economic position in relation to alcohol-induced hangovers in adulthood: The Aberdeen Children of the 1950s study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2006; 60:872-874.
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Batty GD, Der G, Deary IJ. Effect of maternal smoking during pregnancy on offspring cognitive ability: Empirical evidence for complete confounding in the US National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Pediatrics 2006; 118:943-950.
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Batty GD, Der G, Macintyre S, Deary IJ. Does IQ explain socio-economic inequalities in health? Evidence from a population-based cohort study in the West of Scotland. British Medical Journal 2006; 332:580-584.
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Chandola T, Deary IJ, Blane D, Batty GD. Childhood IQ in relation to obesity and weight gain in adult life: The National Child Development (1958) Study. International Journal of Obesity (London) 2006; 30:1422-1432.
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Deary IJ, Batty GD. Commentary: Pre-morbid IQ and later health-the rapidly evolving field of cognitive epidemiology. International Journal of Epidemiology, 2006; 35:670-672.
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Deary IJ, Whalley L, Batty GD, Starr J. Physical fitness and lifetime cognitive change. Neurology 2006; 67:1195-1200.
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Der G, Batty GD, Deary IJ. Effect of breast feeding on intelligence in children: prospective study, sibling pairs analysis, and meta-analysis. British Medical Journal 2006; 333:945-948.
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Der G, Deary IJ. Age and sex differences in reaction time in adulthood: Results from the UK Health and Lifestyle Survey. Psychology and Aging 2006; 21:62-73.
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Shipley B, Der G, Taylor M, Deary I. Cognition and all-cause mortality across the entire adult age range: Health and lifestyle survey. Psychosomatic Medicine 2006; 68:17-24.
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Chandola T, Deary I, Blane D, Batty G. Childhood IQ in relation to adult obesity and weight gain: evidence from the 1958 birth cohort study. DOHaD meeting. Toronto, Canada, 2005.

Deary I, Der G, Shenkin S. Does mother's IQ explain the association between birth weight and cognitive ability in childhood? Intelligence 2005; 33:445-454.

Deary I, Der G. Reaction time explains IQ's association with death. Psychological Science 2005; 16:64-69.
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Deary I, Der G. Reaction time, age, and cognitive ability: longitudinal findings from age 16 to 63 years in representative population samples. Ageing, Neuropsychology, and Cognition (Neuropsychology, Development and Cognition: Section B) 2005; 12:187-215.
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Deary IJ, Der G. Reaction time parameters, intelligence, ageing and death: The West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study. In: Duncan J, McLeod P, Phillips L, eds. Measuring the Mind. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.

Lawlor DA, Batty GD, Morton SMB, Deary IJ, Macintyre S, Ronalds G, Leon DA. Early life predictors of childhood intelligence: Evidence from the Aberdeen Children of the1950s cohort study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2005; 59:656-663.
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Batty GD, Deary IJ. Early life intelligence and adult health (editorial). British Medical Journal, 2004:585-586.
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Der G, Deary I. IQ, reaction time, and the differentiation hypothesis. Intelligence 2003; 31:491-503.

Starr J, Deary I, Macintyre S. Associations with successful ageing in the 'Healthy Old People in Edinburgh' cohort: Being well, fit and healthy. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research 2003; 15:336-342.
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Batty GD, Leon DA. Socio-economic position and coronary heart disease risk factors in children and young people. Evidence from UK epidemiological studies. European Journal of Public Health 2002; 12:263-72.

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Deary I, Der G, Ford G. Reaction time and intelligence differences: a population based cohort study. Intelligence 2001; 29:389-399.