The Effect of Natural and Artificial Breastfeeding on the Intelligence Level "Field Study on Students of The Third and Sixth Grade in Homs City"

The aim of this search is to detect the level of the intelligence, the spread rate of the natural and artificial breastfeeding at sample individuals, and determining the differences at the level of intelligence between the children who had natural breastfeeding and the children who had artificial breastfeeding. The sample includes (260) schoolboys and schoolgirls from the third and sixth grade, and uses the GoodEnough′s Test for man drawing. The results varied between the males and the females as to the levels of the intelligence – they were in favor of males, and the spread rate of the natural breastfeeding was more than the spread rate of the artificial breastfeeding. However, there were no differences with statistical indications between the children who had natural breastfeeding and the children who had artificial breastfeeding in the Intelligence Test at the indication level (0.05).