Interest in intelligence dates back more than a century. However, it wasn't until psychologist Alfred Binet was asked to ...

This 1937 version of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales was produced in the United States. It used objects because this IQ test was aimed at children. Credit: SSPL/ Getty Images The Hechinger ...

There's a line of thought that equates intelligence with “pattern recognition.” How do you stack up on this unique cognitive ...

“And she’s got the IQ of a fence post.” To understand the right’s IQ obsession, you have to go right back to the invention of Intelligence Quotients as a marker of intellect. And to do that shows that ...

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