If everything fades into the background, you may have a high IQ

[akandiah]

http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/05/if-everything-fades-into-the-background-you-may-have-a-high-iq/

[zaphar]

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 → zaphar]

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

[npalli]

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...

[svnfv]

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

[mtdewcmu → svnfv]

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 → mtdewcmu]

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 → icegreentea]

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

[miguelrochefort]

I can't focus. Must be retarded.

[usbpiler]

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

[glenra → usbpiler]

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?

[babby]

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