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People with higher incomes also score higher on IQ-tests -- up to a point. At high incomes the relationship plateaus and the top 1% score even slightly lower on the test than those whose incomes rank right below them. This suggests that one cannot infer high intelligence from high income, shows a new study from Linköping University published in the European Sociological Review. The researchers combine wage data from Swedish population registers with scores from cognitive ability tests taken from military conscripts at age 18-19. "This data trove permits us to test, for the first time, whether extremely high wages are indicative of extreme intelligence. To do so, we needed reliable income data that covers the entire wage spectrum. Survey data typically miss top incomes, but the registers offer full income data on all citizens," says Marc Keuschnigg, associate professor at The Institute of Analytical Sociology at Linköping University and professor of sociology at Leipzig University. The

Extreme earners are not necessarily extremely smart | ScienceDaily Science News from research organizations Extreme earners are not necessarily extremely smart Date: February 9, 2023 Source: Linköping University Summary: People with higher incomes also score higher on IQ-tests -- up to a point. At high incomes the relationship plateaus and the top 1% score even slightly lower on the test than those whose incomes rank right below them. This suggests that one cannot infer high intelligence from high income. Share: Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIN Email FULL STORY People with higher incomes al

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