Intelligence has been defined in many different ways such as in terms of one's capacity for logic, abstract thought, understanding, self-awareness, communication, learning, emotional knowledge, memory, planning, creativity and problem solving.
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Is reaction time correlated with intelligence?
The article People Getting Dumber? Human Intelligence Has Declined Since Victorian Era, Research Suggests says,
As for Dr. te Nijenhuis and colleagues, they analyzed the results of 14 intelligence studies conducted between 1884 to 2004, including…
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Does solving Sudoku puzzles improve your mental abilities?
A lot of people I know see solving Sudoku puzzles as a way to train their minds.
howtoincreasememorypower.com recommends doing a Sudoku puzzle a day to increase brain power.
Researchers rank solving sudoku puzzles daily among the top ten…
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Is global IQ dropping over time?
Global IQ: 1950–2050
Essentially the idea is that while smart people are getting wealthier, their birth-rate tends to drop. On the other hand poor countries, which are generally populated by less intelligent people, have constant birth rates.
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Is there a correlation between intelligence and wearing spectacles?
Many people I know consider bespectacled individuals to be smarter than the average normal sighted person.
Is there any scientific basis to this belief?
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Did the average IQ score in France decline in recent decades?
We all know about the Flynn effect, that states that it has been the case that in the recent past the IQ scores in developed countries have been steadily increasing. The reasons seem to be related with less hunger, less poverty and violence and…
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Does the probability of entering and remaining in an intellectually elite profession peak at an IQ of 133 and falls with rising IQ?
Michael W. Ferguson writes in The Inappropriately Excluded:
The probability of entering and remaining in an intellectually elite profession such as Physician, Judge, Professor, Scientist, Corporate Executive, etc. increases with IQ to about 133. …
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Is breastfeeding associated with a higher IQ?
In 2015, there were two conflicting studies about this subject. CNN reported in March, 2015:
"Breast is best" -- you could call it a mantra of sorts that sums up much of today's research on breastfeeding.
Not only does breastfeeding have clear…
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Does James Woods have an IQ of 180?
An article claimed that the Actor James Woods has an IQ of 180:
Woods aced his SATs, got into MIT (but dropped out to pursue acting) and has a reported IQ of 180.
After doing some research, I found a lot of articles which also said that he has an…
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Do the Irish have on average a 8 point lower IQ then the British?
The website Brainstats lists IQs for different countries and lists 92 for Ireland while it lists 100 for the United Kingdom. Those numbers are surprising to me. Are they backed by good evidence?
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Does Lego increase a child's IQ?
The Sun reports:
PLAYING with Lego can make people BRAINIER, bosses claimed yesterday.
A study found that those who are experts with the toy building bricks are more agile with their hands and solve problems faster than the average person.
Can…
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Did Asian countries top an IQ survey of 50 countries?
This article in the China Daily makes the claim that several Asian countries topped a survey of intelligence:
Asians dominated the survey compiled by Austrian researchers who drew on a variety of sources to produce average IQs for the population of…
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Are we getting smarter?
I've asked a similar question some time ago and people mentioned the "Flynn effect".
But after watching this video from James Flynn I'm having doubts about the relevance of IQ tests.
In short, that guy says that our grandparents are more inclined…
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Is it true that a male's intelligence is solely affected by genes inherited from the mother?
Refer to an Independent article ( circa 1996), "Brainy sons owe intelligence to their mothers"
Intelligent men owe their brains to their mothers, according to
research published today in The Lancet.
Growing evidence shows that several genes which…
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