More schools, more challenging assignments add up to higher IQ scores
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 13:00
in Mathematics & Economics
More schooling -- and the more mentally challenging problems tackled in those schools -- may be the best explanation for the dramatic rise in IQ scores during the past century, often referred to as the Flynn Effect, according to a team of researchers. These findings also suggest that environment may have a stronger influence on intelligence than many genetic determinists once thought.