In this article,
Duration of circulatory arrest does influence the psychological development of children after cardiac operation in early life.
"...A decrease of 0.53 point per minute of arrest time was estimated for the entire group of 31 patients; that is, in the 19 patients with siblings, for each minute increase in circulatory arrest time, the patients dropped 0.69 IQ point below their siblings. "
And also in this article
The relationship between intelligence and duration of circulatory arrest with deep hypothermia.
".. indicating a decrease of 3 to 4 intelligence quotient points for each extra 10 minutes of arrest time. ."
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