With regard to the role of the environment in influencing intelligence scores, which of the following statements is FALSE?
A) Spending a longer time in an impoverished environment leads to a lower IQ score.
B) Spending a longer time in an enriched environment leads to a higher IQ score.
C) The Flynn effect cannot be explained genetically.
D) The correlation between brothers' IQ scores does not vary with the separation in age of the brothers.

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The statement that the correlation between brothers' IQ scores does not vary with the separation in age of the brothers is false. Research has shown that the correlation between siblings' IQ scores decreases as the age difference between them increases, suggesting that environmental factors play a larger role in intelligence than genetic factors.

With Regard to the Role of the Environment in Influencing