Teens May Experience Big Changes In IQ
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A new study challenges the idea that intelligence stays fairly steady from childhood into adulthood. A report published in Nature Wednesday suggests IQ sometimes makes huge jumps during the teen years. Researchers scanned teen brains at 14 and 18. Although the majority of teens held steady, about a third experienced changes: [W]hen the researchers zoomed in on individual teens, they found that about a third of the teenagers had meaningful changes in IQ, and a handful showed dizzying climbs or plunges. Read more:Teen brains' growing pains SHARE:
Posted In: Adolescent Psychology | Cognitive Psychology | Intelligence | Tags: Adolescents | Intelligence | Iq | Teenagers | Teens | Intelligence Quotient | Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff on October 22, 2011 at 08:07 AM | Permalink |
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