Why Your Great-Grandparents were Dumb and We're Getting Smarter - The Flynn Effect
Channel: Brains Applied
Date: 2019-11-30

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Long time no see! Today I'm talking about the Flynn Effect. The Flynn effect, named after James Flynn, was a phenomenon that was first observed by intelligence researchers during the last century. They noticed that people increasingly started scoring better and better on IQ tests. 

What are IQ tests? How do they work? And what are the causes of the Flynn Effect? Find it out in this video!

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