Two studies of recent increases of intelligence in Taiwan

Hsin Yi Chen; Yun Kung Liao; Yung Hua Chen; Hsin Ping Chen; Richard Lynn

Two studies of recent increases of intelligence in Taiwan

Hsin Yi Chen, Yun Kung Liao, Yung Hua Chen, Hsin Ping Chen, Richard Lynn^*

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Abstract

Recent increases of IQ in Taiwan are reported for children and adults. The IQ gain in children measured by the WISC-III and the WISC-IV was 2.45 IQ points per decade over the years 1997-2007. The IQ gain in adults measured by the WAIS-III showed a smaller increase of 0.55 IQ points per decade over the years 2001-2011. In both studies the greatest gains were made on the visual-spatial abilities, with smaller gains on reasoning and the smallest gains on verbal abilities.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	348-357
Number of pages	10
Journal	Mankind Quarterly
Volume	53
Issue number	3-4
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

Flynn effect
Taiwan
Wechsler tests

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Anthropology
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

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