Tiganii "integrati" (care au terminat liceul) au un coeficient de inteligenta la fel ca al tiganilor nomazi "This is the first study of which we are aware to provide a comprehensive estimate of the IQ of an adult Roma. We found an IQ of 70 on both the Raven's Standard and the Raven's Colored Progressive Matrices, as well as on four “executive function” tests. The Roma sample was large (N= 323) and the results held up over a two year test period, for both younger and older age groups, for both sexes, across three communities including Drenovac where the Roma speak the majority language and are adapted to Serbian cultural norms, as well as across several comparison groups such as Serbian preschoolers, White, Indian, Colored, and Black South African high school students, and Black South African undergraduates" Sursa:http://psychology.uwo.ca/faculty/rushtonpdfs/2007%20intell%20(roma).pdf Pagina 10 Mutatii la nivelul creierului ce se produc doar la etnia tiganeasca ""We studied a novel form of ataxia in 3 families in this ethnic group. Clinical and brain-imaging investigations were done in Bulgaria, in collaboration with radiologists from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital, and were followed-up by genetic studies at WAIMR and the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI), Melbourne. "Signs of ataxia were detected in early infancy when motor skills like crawling and rolling over did not develop. The affected individuals presented with global developmental delay, ataxia and intellectual deficit. MRI scans showed signs of degeneration of the cerebellum, which is part of the brain controlling motor and learning skills. Overall, the life expectancy is not decreased but the quality of life is severely affected." Sursa:Gypsy study unravels a novel ataxia gene