Your IQ can change over time
你的智商会随着时间变化
A lot of factors can affect your IQ score over time. Poverty. Nutrition. Stress. How familiar you are with
standardized tests. Nisbett's research has shown that children from lower socioeconomic levels
adopted
into a middle-class family often increase their IQ scores by 15 to 20 points.
随着时间推移，智商会在许多因素的影响下发生变化。贫穷，营养过剩或不足，压力……你对标准化的测试那么熟悉。
尼斯贝特的研究表明一个工薪阶级家庭的孩子被中产阶级的家庭收养后智商通常会增加15到20。
"Heritability is not as great as some people (believe)," Nisbett said. "Environmental factors are very potent."
“遗传的影响力不像人们通常认为的那么大，”尼斯贝特说，“环境的影响力才是惊人的。”
In one study, researchers tested 33 adolescents' intelligence once and then again four years later. In that
short amount of time, some of their IQ scores varied by more than 20 points. The changes matched with
structural and functional changes in their brains.Kids who are geniuses at age 2 rarely stay that way, experts say.
It's easier, Van Gemert explains, for young children to distinguish themselves on the curve.
在一项研究中，研究人员测试了33名青少年的智力，四年后，他们又进行的复测。在短短四年里一些人的智商竟然
与初次测试时相差20分之多。这种变化与他们大脑结构和功能的变化相符。“这有点像《伤仲永》的故事，”
专家说，“天才小孩极少在长大之后仍然聪明。”范·哥马特说：“仅仅通过贝尔曲线就对孩子们的将来下定论，
真的是为时过早了。”
In other words, it's easy to spot a genius 3-year-old when she's reading at a fifth-grade level
and speaks
fluent Spanish. But what makes one 47-year-old more intelligent than another? Is it education? Life experience? Their ability to put together a piece of
furniture from IKEA?
换句话说，一个三岁读五年级并会讲流利的西班牙语的天才小孩很容易成为焦点，但什么因素会使得一个47岁的
中年人显得比别人更出众呢？是教育？生活经历？还是他可以制作宜家的家具捏？
Not a genius? Don't panic！
不是天才，莫惊慌！！
