Specific cognitive skills like reading, math, and processing speed are strongly influenced by genetics, even when separated ...

We often speak of intelligence as if it were an attribute. Something measurable or even something ownable. Some people have more of it. Others have less. Organisations seek intelligent employees, ...

Children with higher levels of general knowledge and verbal reasoning are better able to produce humor, new research carried out on Turkish schoolchildren suggests. The study also shows that the link ...

More than 100 years of empirical research provide conclusive evidence that a general factor of intelligence (also known as g, general cognitive ability, mental ability and IQ (intelligence quotient)) ...

Psychologists and other experts have come up with many ways of looking at human intelligence. Scientists view intelligence as a person’s ability to learn from experience to adapt to, shape, or choose ...

One of the goals of intelligence testing has been to help to identify those people who are likely to be productive in life and to give them access to resources that will allow them to maximize their ...

For some, the theory of multiple intelligences is a source of frustration rather than illumination. kidpixo We have had the Singing Detective. Now we can have singing intelligence. We can also have ...

Eric Horvitz, a distinguished scientist at Microsoft Research, has an equally distinguished receptionist. After eight years of working with him, she's developed a feel for his habits and routines. She ...

Emotional intelligence (EI) is the ability to perceive, use, understand, and regulate emotions. Higher scores on this ability measured through performance tests (but no through self-reports) appears ...

Your ability to BS your way through life may be a sign of intelligence, according to a recent study. "If someone is a good bulls----er, they are likely quite smart," says Martin Turpin, a graduate ...