Intelligence Test

Anytime discussion raising the possibility of a genetic basis behind intelligence comes up, we immediately enter a minefield of social and ethical controversies. A new study claims to have pinpointed 52 specific genes that play a major part in determining an individual's intelligence.

A team of scientists at the University of Waterloo have built a large-scale computer simulation of a brain, perhaps encouraging yet another approach to reaching a general-purpose artificial intelligence.

Researchers in Sweden have created a computer program that can score 150 on standard non-verbal IQ test questions by modeling human problem-solving psychology.