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If everything fades into the background, you may have a high IQ

16 points by akandiah 13y ago

babby 13y ago
Sounds like a nice candidate for a web app, should they release how exactly it's done.
svnfv 13y ago
I don't understand how they justify the leap from visual size to "background information."
- mtdewcmu 13y ago
  If you really want to understand the study, you'll want to go to the unfiltered source, which is here: http://www.cell.com/current-biology/retrieve/pii/S0960982213004946 http://www.cell.com/current-biology/retrieve/pii/S0960982213... Of course, it costs $31.50 to access it.
  - icegreentea 13y ago
    Or you can google a bit more and get a copy off the PI's research group's website. http://www.bcs.rochester.edu/people/Duje/papers/13_Melnick_IQ_CB.pdf http://www.bcs.rochester.edu/people/Duje/papers/13_Melnick_I...
    - mtdewcmu 13y ago
      Ah, thanks. Those paywalls are sometimes nothing more than traps for the unwary.
zaphar 13y ago
I have no idea if this study has any weight at all but I do know that I have a high degree of focus. When I was a kid I would focus so deeply sometimes my dad had to physically shake me to get my attention. Never had my IQ tested though so no idea if I exhibit the correlation or not.
- lowglow 13y ago
  Bad news: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgiom2tGby1qfw6wlo1_500.gif http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgiom2tGby1qfw6wlo1_500.gi...
miguelrochefort 13y ago
I can't focus. Must be retarded.
npalli 13y ago
This link includes the video that was used on the participants. You can see and check your own IQ. http://www.businessinsider.com/iq-video-test-university-of-rochester-2013-5 http://www.businessinsider.com/iq-video-test-university-of-r...
usbpiler 13y ago
how many times does it have to be repeated? correlation doesn't imply causation!
- glenra 13y ago
  How is your statement relevant to either the article or the article headline? The news is just that there's a correlation between A and B, which suggests that either A causes B, B causes A, or A and B both relate to some third factor C. Where did you see an unjustified claim of causation?

16 points by akandiah 13y ago

babby 13y ago

Sounds like a nice candidate for a web app, should they release how exactly it's done.

svnfv 13y ago

I don't understand how they justify the leap from visual size to "background information."

mtdewcmu 13y ago
If you really want to understand the study, you'll want to go to the unfiltered source, which is here: http://www.cell.com/current-biology/retrieve/pii/S0960982213004946 http://www.cell.com/current-biology/retrieve/pii/S0960982213... Of course, it costs $31.50 to access it.
- icegreentea 13y ago
  Or you can google a bit more and get a copy off the PI's research group's website. http://www.bcs.rochester.edu/people/Duje/papers/13_Melnick_IQ_CB.pdf http://www.bcs.rochester.edu/people/Duje/papers/13_Melnick_I...
  - mtdewcmu 13y ago
    Ah, thanks. Those paywalls are sometimes nothing more than traps for the unwary.

zaphar 13y ago

I have no idea if this study has any weight at all but I do know that I have a high degree of focus. When I was a kid I would focus so deeply sometimes my dad had to physically shake me to get my attention. Never had my IQ tested though so no idea if I exhibit the correlation or not.

lowglow 13y ago
Bad news: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgiom2tGby1qfw6wlo1_500.gif http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgiom2tGby1qfw6wlo1_500.gi...

miguelrochefort 13y ago

I can't focus. Must be retarded.

npalli 13y ago

This link includes the video that was used on the participants. You can see and check your own IQ. http://www.businessinsider.com/iq-video-test-university-of-rochester-2013-5 http://www.businessinsider.com/iq-video-test-university-of-r...

usbpiler 13y ago

how many times does it have to be repeated? correlation doesn't imply causation!

glenra 13y ago
How is your statement relevant to either the article or the article headline? The news is just that there's a correlation between A and B, which suggests that either A causes B, B causes A, or A and B both relate to some third factor C. Where did you see an unjustified claim of causation?