Traditional markers of intelligence like IQ have come under fire, and instead, psychologists have looked into links between ...

A generation ago, Alan Kaufman introduced the notion of intelligent testing, which represented his philosophy of how IQ tests should be used. According to this approach: "The focus is on the child, ...

Many people find the idea that there are many different types of intelligence very appealing. Howard Gardner disparages IQ tests as having limited relevance to real life and argued that there may be ...

This month is the 75 th anniversary of the Turing Test, which Alan Turing introduced to the world in his paper, “Computing Machinery and Intelligence”, published in the October 1950 issue of the ...

Educational psychologist explains why many online IQ tests confuse evidence-based assessment with entertainment and what scientific standards really require. Scientific accreditation of intelligence ...

Asking people to exert more effort on a test of mental ability does not actually improve their score. A recent study published in Intelligence & Cognitive Abilities found that while financial rewards ...