Is IQ relevant? High ability in children is typically evaluated by cognitive performance. That may be convenient for schools and college entrance gatekeepers, but is IQ relevant for adults as a measure of potential contribution – or life satisfaction? Certainly there are job performance and achievement measures such as Academy Awards, Nobel Prizes and MacArthur [...]
Elyn Saks: defying the predictions Elyn Saks is a college valedictorian, Oxford scholar, Yale law student, USC legal professor – and a person with schizophrenia. The university press release “USC law professor battles schizophrenia” declares, “However ironic, the life of Saks’ mind has been her salvation. Even as her brain attacks her with fear and [...]
“The natural trajectory of giftedness in childhood is not a six-figure salary, perfect happiness, and a guaranteed place in Who’s Who.” An alternative ideal of gifted development That is a comment by Dr. Linda Silverman, director of the Gifted Development Center [site], who goes on to describe an ideal of adult development, beyond the awards [...]
Flying close to the flame Nicole Kidman has talked about many personal qualities and experiences that relate to being a gifted and talented person with multiple abilities. “You live with a lot of complicated emotions as an actor, and they whirl around you and create havoc at times. And yet, as an actor you’re consciously [...]
Not settling for underachievement We may not have realized all or even many of the promises of our identity as a gifted kid, and through circumstance or suppression left talents unmanifested or unspoken. But that doesn’t mean we have lost that aspect of who we are. You can learn more about the traits that gifted [...]
The Mensa Education & Research Foundation announces that it has presented Dr. Jane M. Piirto of Ashland, Ohio, with a Lifetime Achievement Award. “When deciding who should be honored with the Award, we look for someone who has had an incredible impact on the intellectual community through his or her work in research, theory or [...]