News tagged with iq tests

Motion quotient: IQ predicted by ability to filter motion (w/ video)

A brief visual task can predict IQ, according to a new study. This surprisingly simple exercise measures the brain's unconscious ability to filter out visual movement. The study shows that individuals whose ...

Psychology & Psychiatry 3 hours ago | 4.8 / 5 (5) | 0 |

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 |

FDA warns pregnant women about migraine drugs

(HealthDay)—Pregnant women who struggle with migraine headaches should never use medicines containing the ingredient valproate because they can lower the IQ scores of their children, the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Medications May 06, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

Despite big progress, many kids have high lead levels in blood (Update)

(HealthDay)—There has been a big drop in the number of American children with elevated blood lead levels over the past four decades, but about 2.6 percent of children aged 1 to 5 years still have too much lead in their ...

Health Apr 04, 2013 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Your brain on Big Bird: Sesame Street helps to reveal patterns of neural development

Using brain scans of children and adults watching Sesame Street, cognitive scientists are learning how children's brains change as they develop intellectual abilities like reading and math.

Neuroscience Jan 03, 2013 | not rated yet | 0 |

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 |

Study: Adolescent marijuana use leaves lasting mental deficits

The persistent, dependent use of marijuana before age 18 has been shown to cause lasting harm to a person's intelligence, attention and memory, according to an international research team.

Psychology & Psychiatry Aug 27, 2012 | 3 / 5 (18) | 17 |

Noted authority says women now have higher IQ than men

(Medical Xpress) -- Psychologist James Flynn, who resides in New Zealand and is considered one of the foremost experts on intelligence testing, has aroused people’s attention around the world by proclaiming ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Jul 18, 2012 | 2.2 / 5 (21) | 23 |

Socioeconomics may affect toddlers' exposure to flame retardants

A Duke University-led study of North Carolina toddlers suggests that exposure to potentially toxic flame-retardant chemicals may be higher in nonwhite toddlers than in white toddlers.

Health May 23, 2012 | not rated yet | 0 |

Feeding your baby on demand 'may contribute to higher IQ'

(Medical Xpress) -- A new study involving Oxford researchers suggests that babies who are breast-fed or bottle-fed to a schedule do not perform academically as well at school as their demand-fed peers.

Health Mar 20, 2012 | 2 / 5 (4) | 1 |

Study: Facebook profile beats IQ test in predicting job performance

Can a person's Facebook profile reveal what kind of employee he or she might be? The answer is yes, and with unnerving accuracy, according to a new paper published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

Psychology & Psychiatry Mar 02, 2012 | 1.7 / 5 (19) | 16

Study: Kids have been sleep-deprived for more than 100 years

Worried that your children aren't getting enough sleep? You're not alone. As one prominent educational psychologist put it, "Physicians and writers on school hygiene agree that children are likely to receive less sleep than ...

Health Feb 17, 2012 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Physical punishment of children potentially harmful to their long-term development

An analysis of research on physical punishment of children over the past 20 years indicates that such punishment is potentially harmful to their long-term development, states an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Associati ...

Health Feb 06, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

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 |

What are IQ tests really measuring?

(Medical Xpress) -- When the average person thinks of an IQ test, they think of a measurement of intelligence. A test designed to find those of high intelligence who will go on to succeed in academics and ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Apr 26, 2011 | 3.4 / 5 (8) | 3 |

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