While no precise and agreed upon definition exists, intelligence, in essence, refers to the ability to critically acquire, interpret and apply information.
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Do the mother's genes determine the sons' (heredity) intelligence more than the father's?
It is a general belief that a person's intelligence is determined by both nature and nurture.
I can find a study by Turner 1996 ( in fact, this is the motivation of this question), which makes the claim that since several genes which determine…
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Have there been any successful studies showing that it is possible to increase IQ?
I am curious if there have been any leading studies that show improvement in general IQ. For example, an adult with an IQ of 130 reaching an IQ of 140, over many different IQ tests and then averaged, after some sort of practice (perhaps playing…
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Why are dolphins so smart?
It seems that dolphins have (among?) the highest encephalization quotients found outside of humans, higher even than chimpanzees. By the "use it or lose it" principle this indicates that intelligence must be particularly valuable in their niche. Why…
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Is there a molecular basis to intelligence?
Is there any explanation, gene(s) or whatever detected, that are co-related or explicitly related via mechanical bio-molecular (or at any other level) models that explain the higher or lower intelligence found in different individuals of Homo…
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Is there biological evidence for self-awareness in animals?
I am conducting an investigation into the topic of the intelligence of
animals, in particular farm animals. I would be interested to hear a scientific and biologic perspective as to what is perceived to be self-awareness, whether it be in a human…
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