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> visuospatially-gifted This is such a great term. I never thought about it before or how it could relate to our definitions of intelligence and ability in sci
by fatjokes 8y ago
> visuospatially-gifted
This is such a great term. I never thought about it before or how it could relate to our definitions of intelligence and ability in science/tech. So many generic tests for intelligence that perhaps there should be more focus on this area.
- gwern 8y agoYes, that's one of the take-aways from SMPY. Focus on identifying visuospatial giftedness, as opposed to simply high scores overall, is especially good at predicting scientific accomplishment. (Hence, 'Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth'.) You might ask, why use only the SAT-M, why not the other subtest, the SAT-V verbal test, since it should be equally difficult? I was surprised to find out that there was in fact a parallel study, 'SVPY', which did just that, but it got canned early on for disappointing results, apparently.