You would think that intelligent people think faster, correct?
However, a recent study has found that this is only partially true when it comes to simple problem-solving. When the difficulty level is higher, those with high IQs like to take their time.
This surprising finding was made by researchers at the BIH and Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, with a colleague from Barcelona who published their conclusions in the journal Nature Communications.
The researchers arranged a test involving 650 participants, where they showed them certain patterns and asked them to find what are the rules behind those patterns. The patterns were arranged in a way to become progressively more challenging….