A new study suggests that chasing the biological clock isn’t just a concern for women. According to the report published in PLoS Medicine, the older a father, the more likely his child is to score lower on tests. Conversely, they found that older mothers tended to have children who scored higher on thinking skills tests.
This finding had been confirmed by earlier studies, and it is thought that it may be due to the nurturing environment older mothers are more able to provide, although children of older fathers don’t reap the same benefit.
The study looked at more than 33,000 children born between 1959 and 1965, and their results on cognitive test administered at ages 8 months , 4 years and 7 years. The test evaluated the children’s ability to think and reason; measuring skills such as the ability to concentrate, learn, speak, read, do arithmetic, memorize and motor skills such as coordination.
