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The Flynn Effect

    It's said that the human thought has changed through time, including a mysterious increase in the IQ.

What's the Flynn Effect?

The role of genes

From the field of psychology, we have learned that genes play a crucial role in human intelligence and its influence as we get older.  

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The human being is a little better prepared to think in an abstract way, leading to an increase of at least 30 points in the IQ in the last century. This increase in IQ does not mean an increase in intellectual capacity, but an improvement to the old mental machinery for the modern world. To this, Flynn argues that the improvements are "sociologically significant," and that they reflect real changes in thinking.  

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The Intelligence Quotient

Flynn compares it to physical exercise: we are shaped by the sport we choose. "The brain is a muscle and a change in mental exercise influences the brain, as much as if you stop swimming to lift weights," he says.

Caption: : "We all have the power to take our intellectual development into our own hands."

The Flynn effect is based on the fact that real intelligence is not measured in intellectual quotient tests, but academic intelligence, which is what we can acquire with practice and learning.

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