6. But you don’t really enjoy working out.
During an experiment, American scientists, Todd McElroy and David L. Dickinson found out that people who prefer intellectual work are less active, and conversely, those who have a lower need for cognition are more into working out. People with advanced intelligence prefer activities that require perseverance and intense mental effort, such as playing chess.
Taking into account the previous point, we get in a vicious circle: a low-active way of life leads to overweight that has a negative impact on IQ. So it is necessary to recognize that a healthy lifestyle balance is a must.
5. You have blue eyes.
Joanna Rowe, a professor at the University of Louisville, claims that blue-eyed people tend to have a higher IQ level in comparison to people with darker eyes. Many genius people like Stephen Hawking for example, had blue eyes. However, brown-eyed people shouldn’t worry too much, they have their strengths as well.
People with light-colored eyes can handle difficult situations by taking their time concentrating and making a rational decision, while dark-eyed people show great results when fast reaction time is needed.
4. You’re overly sensitive to sounds.
Creaking floors, chips crunching and even loud breathing — these common daily noises can be distracting factors for people with a high IQ. Scientists from the University of Helsinki conducted a study which showed a strong connection between the ability of a person to find unconventional solutions to problems and the inability to ignore ambient noise.
There is even a real diagnosis for such a condition called misophony. People with misophony have changes in brain activity when, for example, a person crunches chips next to them.
3. Your ring finger is longer than your index finger.
A Norwegian physician, Karl Pinsk, described the method of determining the inclinations of a person based on the ratio of the length of his fingers. According to the observation, the longer the ring finger is, the better the owner can deal with math problems, however, verbal assignments can be a challenge.
Researcher, John Coates of Cambridge University, found out that a person’s success in the financial world can be predicted by the length of his fingers. It turned out that people whose ring fingers were longer than their index fingers had a higher income.
2. You often feel anxiety and are inclined to panic.
Psychologists, Tsachi Ein-Dor and Organ-Tal from the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya (Israel), conducted a study in which they proved that smart people are more prone to pessimism as they come up with various unpleasant situations that can happen to them in their heads. They argue that intellectuals get used to analyzing the events of the past and accordingly, pay more attention to the possible events in the future.
On the one hand, intelligent people are better prepared for possible difficulties in life while on the other hand, they’re forced to live with constant stress. Do you remember Clever Elsie from the Grimm Brothers’ Fairy Tale? It was not easy for her to live with such advanced intelligence!
1. You swear a lot.
It may sound strange, but the use of abusive words indicates high intellect. Most likely, intelligent people have mastered their vocabulary and use a wide range of words to express their emotions in the most accurate way.
Until recently, there was a popular misconception that the obscene words were most used by poorly educated people because they simply didn’t have a broad vocabulary. But the study conducted by psychologists from Marist College, supervised by Timothy and Christine Jay, showed the opposite: the more educated a person was, the more often he would swear.
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