Interest in intelligence dates back more than a century. However, it wasn't until psychologist Alfred Binet was asked to ...

This 1937 version of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales was produced in the United States. It used objects because this IQ test was aimed at children. Credit: SSPL/ Getty Images The Hechinger ...

“And she’s got the IQ of a fence post.” To understand the right’s IQ obsession, you have to go right back to the invention of Intelligence Quotients as a marker of intellect. And to do that shows that ...

IQ tests have received much criticism over the years, some warranted and some just plain silly. Criticisms have ranged from the claim that IQ tests are unfair to those who are disadvantaged, to the ...

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University of Liverpool provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. London School of Economics and Political Science provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Most adults ...

Andrew Rogoyski works in the Surrey Institute for People-Centred AI that receives funding from UKRI. He also provides informal advice to trade associations TechUK and the Institute of Directors and is ...