Students from the Philippines, China and India consistently achieve better results at school than their Australian-born counterparts. This is due to a number of factors, including parents’ values.
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A new study shows how even having a few intelligent people in a group can benefit others.
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Since its invention, the IQ test has generated strong arguments in support of – and against – its use.
A chemical found in products as diverse as fireworks and food packaging, perchlorate can interfere with thyroid function as well as foetal brain development.
New studies investigate whether music, chess, video games or puzzles can make us smarter.
New research shows your ability to play certain computer games is linked to your intelligence.
The words “gifted”, “precocious” and “high potential” represent different ways of seeing and valuing exceptional abilities.
Research shows that funny people are also nicer to be around.
Breathing in through your nose has many medical benefits over mouth breathing. As usual, be wary of misinformation and bias when looking up health on the internet.
Genetic study finds that the way the nervous system forms and develops might influence intelligence.
The truth about chess playing and intelligence.
Practice may not make perfect, suggests new study.
Inequality for those left behind is a necessary byproduct of rewarding those who excel.
Even if intelligence has a genetic basis, this doesn’t make educational intervention pointless.
Research that finds links between genes and intelligence could worsen social inequality.
A short history of research into the links between genes and intelligence.
Hans J. Eysenck’s views on genes and intelligence were considered controversial at the time. But do recent studies vindicate the man?
Particular parts of an individual’s brain tend to work together on certain tasks. Researchers can look at these patterns of “functional connectivity” to predict traits – like the ability to pay attention.
When your kids (or colleagues) misbehave, does anyone give you five options, one of which is uniquely correct, to solve the problem? So, why do we continue to test students in this way?
This research suggests that there is one simple way to equip your children for a life of literacy from their infancy: show them picture books.
Principais colaboradores
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Lecturer in Psychology, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Decision Making and Expertise, University of Liverpool
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PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge
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Associate Professor in Behavioral Psychology, National University of Ireland Maynooth
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ARC Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Monash University
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Lecturer in Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney
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Visiting Professor in Biomedical Ethics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University of Melbourne; Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor, Centre for People, Place & Planet, and School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University
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Professor, Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Economics, University of Bristol
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Senior research psychologist, Department of Psychology, University of North Florida
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Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, College of Business, RMIT University
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Professor of Cognitive and Decision Sciences, UCL
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Professor of Critical Race Studies, University of Birmingham
