HEALTH
IQ Tests are a waste of time
The Brain
As time goes by the brain changes, and so does ones IQ. Everyones brain reinvents itself daily, sometimes often times dramatically. Recent studiesfor example are finding teens' intellects are
more malleable than previously thought.A young person's intelligence measure isn't as fixed. Their IQ can rise or fall as much as 20 points in just a few years.
The researchers also found that shifts in IQ scores corresponded to small physical changes in
brain areas related to intellectual skills, though they weren't able to show a clear cause and effect." If
the finding is true, it could signal environmental factors are changing the brain and intelligence over a relatively short period," said psychologist Robert Pluming at Kings College in London, who studies the genetics of intelligence and wasn't involved in the research. "That is quite astounding."
Long at the center of debates over how intelligence can be measured, an IQ (intelligence quotient)typically gauges mental capacity through a battery of standardized tests of language skill, spatial ability, arithmetic, memory and reasoning. A score of 100 is considered average. Most experts believe,barring injury, that intellectual capacity remains constant throughout life.
New findings by researchers at University College London, reported that in "Mother Nature," IQ,, may be more malleable than previously believed—and more susceptible to outside influences, such as tutoring or neglect."
A change in of 20 points in IQ, there is a huge difference," said the team's senior researcher, Cathy Price, at the university's Welcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging. Indeed, it can mean the difference between being rated average and being labeled gifted—or, conversely, being categorized as substandard.
Researchers found that dramatic changes in verbal IQ corresponded to changes in an area of the brain associated with speech, whereas nonverbal IQ changes were related to an area involved in hand movements. To better understand intelligence, Dr. Price and her colleagues studied Pigmys.
To be continued….To read more Karl Wallace short stories go to: .Karlwallaceblog.blogspot.com
IQ Tests are a waste of time
The Brain
As time goes by the brain changes, and so does ones IQ. Everyones brain reinvents itself daily, sometimes often times dramatically. Recent studiesfor example are finding teens' intellects are
more malleable than previously thought.A young person's intelligence measure isn't as fixed. Their IQ can rise or fall as much as 20 points in just a few years.
The researchers also found that shifts in IQ scores corresponded to small physical changes in
brain areas related to intellectual skills, though they weren't able to show a clear cause and effect." If
the finding is true, it could signal environmental factors are changing the brain and intelligence over a relatively short period," said psychologist Robert Pluming at Kings College in London, who studies the genetics of intelligence and wasn't involved in the research. "That is quite astounding."
Long at the center of debates over how intelligence can be measured, an IQ (intelligence quotient)typically gauges mental capacity through a battery of standardized tests of language skill, spatial ability, arithmetic, memory and reasoning. A score of 100 is considered average. Most experts believe,barring injury, that intellectual capacity remains constant throughout life.
New findings by researchers at University College London, reported that in "Mother Nature," IQ,, may be more malleable than previously believed—and more susceptible to outside influences, such as tutoring or neglect."
A change in of 20 points in IQ, there is a huge difference," said the team's senior researcher, Cathy Price, at the university's Welcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging. Indeed, it can mean the difference between being rated average and being labeled gifted—or, conversely, being categorized as substandard.
Researchers found that dramatic changes in verbal IQ corresponded to changes in an area of the brain associated with speech, whereas nonverbal IQ changes were related to an area involved in hand movements. To better understand intelligence, Dr. Price and her colleagues studied Pigmys.
To be continued….To read more Karl Wallace short stories go to: .Karlwallaceblog.blogspot.com
