Psychological research shows that intolerance of uncertainty limits reasoning ability. Highly intelligent individuals tend to ...

People who have superior intelligence and think at a genius level usually possess rare traits that give them a major edge.

Metacognition, or the ability to think about one's own thinking, is the surprising trait that sets geniuses apart. It ...

People often talk about very high intelligence quotient (IQ) scores, often referred to as genius IQ scores, but what exactly do these numbers mean and how do they stack up? How do IQ scales break down ...

Intelligence shouldn’t just be defined as genetic coding but also the effort someone is willing to put into something. Photo by Milan Fakurian/Unsplash Intelligence is a pursuit, not a way of being.

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Émile Zola, the French novelist, once quipped: “The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.” The very same can be said about geniuses, and, in fact, it should be said ...