IQ 'can change in teenage years'

[Archean]

The mental ability of teenagers can improve or decline on a far greater scale than previously thought, according to new research.

Until now the assumption has been that intellectual capacity, as measured by IQ, stays quite static during life.

But tests conducted on teenagers at an average age of 14 and then repeated when their average age was nearly 18 found improvements - and deterioration.

 

[monrayl]

It makes sense actually, IQ is based on what one should know at a certain age. The question that I have is: What is the age that people's IQ should be tested in order to give a fair representation thereof?

 

[josefthomson]

IQ

It may be the age of in between 17-20 yrs.