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Women really have better IQ than men
Sunday July 15, 2012 11:47:38 PM,
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London: Men may now
need to think twice before questioning a woman's intelligence at
home or in the office. Psychologists have found female IQ scores
have risen above men's for the first time in 100 years.
Women have been as much as five points behind men since testing
commenced a century ago but that gap has narrowed in the recent
times. This year women finally came out on top. It may be because
they are better at multi-tasking. The breakthrough has been
uncovered by James Flynn, the world-renowned authority on IQ
tests.
According to Flynn, in the last 100 years the IQ scores of both
men and women have risen but women's have risen faster.This is a
consequence of modernity.
"The complexity of the modern world is making our brains adapt and
raising our IQ. The full effect of modernity on women is only just
emerging."
One theory is women's ability to multitask as they juggle raising
a family and going to work, while another explanation is that they
are finally realising they have a slightly higher potential
intelligence than men.
Flynn will publish his findings in a new book, but said more data
was needed to explain the trend because tests have consistently
shown differences between gender and race.
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