IQ can rise or fall significantly during adolescence, brain scans confirm
Date: 20.10.2011
IQ, the standard measure of intelligence, can increase or fall significantly during our teenage years, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust, and these changes are associated with changes to the structure of our brains. The findings may have implications for testing and streaming of children during their school years.
However, in a study published today in the journal Nature, researchers show for the first time that in fact our IQ is not constant.
