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Today there is no way to increase your iq. Exercise may improve your attention, emotion regulation, reduce stress.

by papapra 11y ago

oh_sigh 11y ago
That is not true at all. There is a very easy way to increase your IQ - just study for IQ tests!
- papapra 11y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_quotient https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_quotient I don't think you know a lot about iq.
  - cwbrandsma 11y ago
    If brain structure stayed static throughout your lifetime I would be inclined to agree. But as the structure is constantly in flux, and proven so, no so much. Granted there is disagreement on how much your iq can change over time. http://www.livescience.com/36143-iq-change-time.html http://www.livescience.com/36143-iq-change-time.html
    - papapra 11y ago
      May be I needed to be more clear. Of course there can be variations, but the maximal potential iq is static throughout life and we can't change it. Good nutrition, good environement will help someone achieve it, I don't know about exercise.
      - nibs 11y ago
        ^ What he said. IQ is a measurement of capacity for development. So if you are perfectly healthy, have perfect nutrition, perfect exercise, perfect learning, etc. you could perfectly realize your development. This is unlikely to happen, and there are various things (malnutrition, lack of exercise) that can lower your performance IQ temporarily, but you can't really change your capacity for development. And you can't add to it.
        papapra 11y ago
        Thank you, english is not my native language.
        oh_sigh 11y ago
        You're mistaking IQ with the underlying factors which it is derived from. IQ is, by definition, just a function of your scores on a bunch of standardized tests which try to determine your intelligence. If you can study for the kinds of questions the tests ask you, you can improve your IQ. It is a different story from improving whatever the underlying factors are. For example, some IQ tests ask you "What's the next number in this series...". If you aren't very good with numbers, you might do very poorly on this section. However, if you sit down and learn about a lot of the patterns that show up frequently in those types of questions, then you may increase your score dramatically on that section, and thus improve your IQ.
      - oh_sigh 11y ago
        How do you know it is static?
  - wodenokoto 11y ago
    IQ tests are designed so that subjects should not be able to increase their IQ. They do however fail at it.
  - oh_sigh 11y ago
    Read the link you posted. The very first sentence: "An intelligence quotient (IQ) is a score derived from one of several standardized tests designed to assess human intelligence." Improve your score in one of the standardized tests, and you will by definition improve your IQ.

Today there is no way to increase your iq. Exercise may improve your attention, emotion regulation, reduce stress.

by papapra 11y ago

Today there is no way to increase your iq. Exercise may improve your attention, emotion regulation, reduce stress.

oh_sigh 11y ago

That is not true at all. There is a very easy way to increase your IQ - just study for IQ tests!

papapra 11y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_quotient https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_quotient I don't think you know a lot about iq.
- cwbrandsma 11y ago
  If brain structure stayed static throughout your lifetime I would be inclined to agree. But as the structure is constantly in flux, and proven so, no so much. Granted there is disagreement on how much your iq can change over time. http://www.livescience.com/36143-iq-change-time.html http://www.livescience.com/36143-iq-change-time.html
  - papapra 11y ago
    May be I needed to be more clear. Of course there can be variations, but the maximal potential iq is static throughout life and we can't change it. Good nutrition, good environement will help someone achieve it, I don't know about exercise.
    - nibs 11y ago
      ^ What he said. IQ is a measurement of capacity for development. So if you are perfectly healthy, have perfect nutrition, perfect exercise, perfect learning, etc. you could perfectly realize your development. This is unlikely to happen, and there are various things (malnutrition, lack of exercise) that can lower your performance IQ temporarily, but you can't really change your capacity for development. And you can't add to it.
      - papapra 11y ago
        Thank you, english is not my native language.
      - oh_sigh 11y ago
        You're mistaking IQ with the underlying factors which it is derived from. IQ is, by definition, just a function of your scores on a bunch of standardized tests which try to determine your intelligence. If you can study for the kinds of questions the tests ask you, you can improve your IQ. It is a different story from improving whatever the underlying factors are. For example, some IQ tests ask you "What's the next number in this series...". If you aren't very good with numbers, you might do very poorly on this section. However, if you sit down and learn about a lot of the patterns that show up frequently in those types of questions, then you may increase your score dramatically on that section, and thus improve your IQ.
    - oh_sigh 11y ago
      How do you know it is static?
- wodenokoto 11y ago
  IQ tests are designed so that subjects should not be able to increase their IQ. They do however fail at it.
- oh_sigh 11y ago
  Read the link you posted. The very first sentence: "An intelligence quotient (IQ) is a score derived from one of several standardized tests designed to assess human intelligence." Improve your score in one of the standardized tests, and you will by definition improve your IQ.