Our IQs Are Climbing, But We’re Not Getting Smarter

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“Does the rise in IQ scores over the past century mean people are getting smarter? Since the beginning of the 20th century, IQ scores around the world have been increasing at a rate of around three points per decade, leaving intelligence researchers puzzling over whether historical gains in IQ — known as the “Flynn effect” — reflect an increase in general intelligence or something else, be it better education, better nutrition or even bigger brains.

A new paper published in the journal Learning and Individual Differences may have the answer: We’re getting better at taking tests.”

Stephen