Pervasiveness of the IQ Rise: A Cross-Temporal Meta-Analysis

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 5; no. 12; p. e14406
• Main Authors: Pietschnig, Jakob, Voracek, Martin, Formann, Anton K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 22.12.2010; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Austria; Behavioral sciences; Child; Clinical psychology; Crystallization; German language; Germany; Humans; Hypotheses; Intelligence; Intelligence Tests; Language; Mental Health/Psychology; Meta-analysis; Middle Aged; Neuroscience/Experimental Psychology; Neuroscience/Psychology; Personality; Population; Psychologists; Psychopathology; Social psychology; Software; Studies; Switzerland; Time Factors; Switzerland; Austria; Germany

Generational IQ gains in the general population (termed the Flynn effect) show an erratic pattern across different nations as well as across different domains of intelligence (fluid vs crystallized). Gains of fluid intelligence in different countries have been subject to extensive research, but less...