The intelligence quotient (IQ), the standard that measures a person's intelligence, can increase or decrease during adolescence, according to a study by University College London published in the journal Nature. This is the first study to reveal that this value is not constant throughout life.
Young people who exercise have higher IQs and are more likely to go to college and find a good job, recent research from the Sahlgrenska Academy in Sweden reveals. The positive effects are especially noticeable in logical thinking and verbal comprehension.
A controversial study conducted by the Canadian company AptiQuant Psychometric Consulting suggests that Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) users have a lower IQ than Internet users who regularly use other browsers.
Austrian researchers have confronted two of the most intelligent birds in the world: the kea ('Nestor notabilis'), an olive-green parrot that lives in New Zealand, and the New Caledonian crow ('Corvus moneduloides'). Don't miss the video!
Yes, at least according to Satoshi Kanazawa, an expert in evolutionary psychology at the London School of Economics who argues that fidelity can be largely determined by intelligence. In fact, for Kanazawa, smarter men have fewer adventures and place more importance on stable relationships.
Forget about crossword puzzles and Mozart's music. If you want to improve your intelligence, it is best to take time each day to practice a small exercise called "n-back training", as an American psychologist has just shown.
The American psychologist and Harvard University professor Howard Gardner has been awarded today the Prince of Asturias Prize for Social Sciences 2011. Gardner maintains that there is no unique intelligence, but that each individual possesses at least eight cognitive abilities: linguistic intelligence, logical-mathematical, kinetic-corporal, musical, spatial, naturalistic, interpersonal and intrapersonal.
Now yes. A few months ago, a team of Spanish and Australian researchers took the first step towards a universal intelligence test that will make it possible to compare the intellect of various animal and human species, as well as that of machines and robots.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
