In 2008, an international group of geneticists contacted Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth with a provocative request: Would CTY provide data about students of exceptional academic ability, so that the researchers could collect the students' DNA to help "unlock" intelligence? This one question led to many more.
Come hungry for lunch and ready to discuss the thorny practical and ethical issues surrounding the genetics of intelligence with Dr. Shelton, her colleagues, and other students.
