IQ tests are simple puzzle games that boost brainpower. In IQ tests readers are presented with problems in the form of picture puzzles, and the reader needs to solve the picture puzzle within a time ...

Most people will only go out of their way to do an IQ test for fun, quickly finding a free online test to see how smart they really are. Then there are those who feel they are smarter than the average ...

When you are truly intelligent, you tend to do things (and think) a certain way. Being highly intelligent is measured by so much more than just test scores and cognitive abilities. Someone who’s smart ...

Ask most people what a highly intelligent person looks like, and they’ll describe someone quick with facts, clever with words, maybe a little socially awkward but academically brilliant. But what if ...

Who has the highest IQ in history? One answer would be: a 10-year-old girl from Missouri. In 1956, according to lore, she took a version of the Stanford-Binet IQ test and recorded a mental age of 22 ...

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