If everything fades into the background, you may have a high IQ (arstechnica.com)

16 points by akandiah 13y ago ↗ HN

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Sounds like a nice candidate for a web app, should they release how exactly it's done.

I don't understand how they justify the leap from visual size to "background information."

If you really want to understand the study, you'll want to go to the unfiltered source, which is here: http://www.cell.com/current-biology/retrieve/pii/S0960982213...

Of course, it costs $31.50 to access it.

icegreentea 13y ago ↗

Or you can google a bit more and get a copy off the PI's research group's website.

http://www.bcs.rochester.edu/people/Duje/papers/13_Melnick_I...

mtdewcmu 13y ago ↗

Ah, thanks. Those paywalls are sometimes nothing more than traps for the unwary.

zaphar 13y ago ↗

I have no idea if this study has any weight at all but I do know that I have a high degree of focus. When I was a kid I would focus so deeply sometimes my dad had to physically shake me to get my attention.

Never had my IQ tested though so no idea if I exhibit the correlation or not.

lowglow 13y ago ↗

Bad news: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgiom2tGby1qfw6wlo1_500.gi...

miguelrochefort 13y ago ↗

I can't focus. Must be retarded.

npalli 13y ago ↗

This link includes the video that was used on the participants. You can see and check your own IQ.

http://www.businessinsider.com/iq-video-test-university-of-r...

usbpiler 13y ago ↗

how many times does it have to be repeated? correlation doesn't imply causation!

glenra 13y ago ↗

How is your statement relevant to either the article or the article headline? The news is just that there's a correlation between A and B, which suggests that either A causes B, B causes A, or A and B both relate to some third factor C. Where did you see an unjustified claim of causation?