Assessing Intelligence...
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Alternatives to the Standard IQ Test
One of the most debated topics about intelligence is how to measure it. While many establishments and organisations have accepted the ‘Intelligence Quotient’ test as...
Better Emotional Intelligence in Your 60s
We often think of intelligence being sharp in younger people but fading as we age. In some instances this is true if we look at the fact that...
Brain Mapping Your Intelligence
Intelligence is one of those words that hold such broad, enormous meaning. We have many ways to measure it and probably just as many ways to interpret it as well....
How Brain Function is Measured
Measuring brain function can help us to understand the relationship between activity in certain areas of the brain and specific mental processes. One common way of...
How Family & Culture Affect Intelligence
Your intelligence is influenced by a multitude of factors and it too exerts a major influence on your life. It can open doors to new opp...
How Human Reasoning Works
Human reasoning is a fascinating process but a very complex one as well! For most of us the process involves thinking in ways that give us 'reasons' for why we have...
How Intelligence is Measured
Intelligence can be measured in a number of different ways, the most common one being the famous “intelligence quotient” or IQ. However, like many other aspects of the...
Intelligence and Genes
The search for 'intelligence genes' has been an enormous one that continues to fuel the work of many researchers and scientists around the world. A new study now...
Intelligence: Foster & Orphanage Children
With enormous numbers of children around the world being placed in orphanages or foster care – sometimes even experiencing both – questions about...
Is IQTesting Obsolete?
For determining intelligence, IQ testing has been a mainstay in society for decades. In recent years, however, some experts have argued that it is – or at least...
New Theories on Intelligence
Intelligence is one area of science that is widely debated and subject to many different theories and ideas about how it works and how we can make it better! New...
Personality Predictors of Intelligence
Many studies have looked at how we can predict a person’s successes later in life. One such approach is to see what kinds of early signs can...
Psychometric Testing and What it Measures
Although classified as a form of ‘IQ test’, psychometric tests are designed not so much to measure intelligence as to measure ability. It is...
Testing Rational Thought
There are many ways of testing intelligence. The traditional IQ and more recent EQ testing are types you have probably heard about by now. Some experts, however,...
