News tagged with intelligence quotient

Debunking the IQ myth

(Medical Xpress)—You may be more than a single number, according to a team of Western-led researchers. Considered a standard gauge of intelligence, an intelligence quotient (IQ) score doesn't actually provide ...

Psychology & Psychiatry May 07, 2013 | 3 / 5 (27) | 29 |

Researchers debunk the IQ myth

After conducting the largest online intelligence study on record, a Western University-led research team has concluded that the notion of measuring one's intelligence quotient or IQ by a singular, standardized test is highly ...

Neuroscience Dec 19, 2012 | 4.2 / 5 (28) | 24 |

Excessive worrying may have co-evolved with intelligence

Worrying may have evolved along with intelligence as a beneficial trait, according to a recent study by scientists at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and other institutions. Jeremy Coplan, MD, professor of psychiatry at SUNY ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Apr 12, 2012 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

IQ can rise or fall significantly during adolescence, brain scans confirm

IQ, the standard measure of intelligence, can increase or fall significantly during our teenage years, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust, and these changes are associated with changes to the ...

Neuroscience Oct 19, 2011 | 4.6 / 5 (15) | 5 |