Brendan Kelly Ph.D.

Brendan Kelly is Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto. He is author of over 50 books including the recent "Intelligence, IQ & Perception", and "Intelligence: Where we Were, Where we Are & Where we’re Going." He holds two doctorate degrees: a Ph.D. in Mathematics (Number Theory) from U. of T. and an Ed.D. in Computer Applications from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, and he curates his site on Quora titled, “IQ & Intelligence.”

What transforms a brilliant person into a genius?

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Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in his book Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Performance, https://www.amazon.com/Flow-Psychology-Experience-Perennial-Classics/dp/0061339202 described the flow state associated with performing in the so-called “Zen zone” Flow is a highly focused state of relaxed concentration that obliterates all else out of consciousness. It is the state of self-actualization or transcendental behavior that is euphoric, the state …

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Why is Your early Learning so important to your IQ?

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Many people think that post secondary education is the most important component of our education. However, cognitive science has revealed that it’s during our earliest years that we develop the intellectual tools that we need to acquire the skills and knowledge needed throughout life. Early Brain Growth An evolutionary asset of the human brain is …

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What Does IQ Really Mean?

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A visitor to our Quora site asked about the meaning of IQ. In this post, I will attempt to describe what IQ really means. For a more formal description of the development of the concept of IQ, I refer you to an earlier post at: https://www.intelligence-and-iq.com/why-were-iq-tests-developed-originally/ Intelligence, like athleticism, is a multi-faceted human ability. If …

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Is Talent a Myth?

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The claim that innate talent is a myth emerged as early as 1690, when philosopher John Locke stated that we all come into the world as intellectually “blank slates” and acquire knowledge and intelligence that are written on these slates by our experiences. The political view underpinning Locke’s assertion was that if, indeed, we all …

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Can you use IQ power to boost EQ?

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Recently on this site, we’ve discussed whether those of high IQ often suffer from a low EQ (people skills). I’ve cited examples of high IQ people like Elon Musk, Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos whose lives were encumbered by an abnormal amount of friction in social contexts: https://www.intelligence-and-iq.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=824&action=edit&calypsoify=1. (Some people have argued that the people …

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