Stories
- Article
Intelligence testing, race and eugenics
Specious ideas and assumptions about intelligence that were born during the great flourishing of eugenics well over 100 years ago still inform the British education system today, as Nazlin Bhimani reveals.
- Article
Exceptional talent and the trouble with IQ tests
Is a high IQ really a mark of genius, or does something else explain the exceptional?
- Long read
Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard
Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.
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Dyslexia and its misconceptions
Overcoming common myths about dyslexia only adds to the challenges of growing up with the condition. Madeleine Morley, who was diagnosed with dyslexia aged eight, goes into myth-busting mode and shares her personal experiences.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Intelligence Tests and Penrose Pattern Perception Test
Date: 1941-1970Reference: PENROSE/2/22/5Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Archives and manuscripts
TS of "Intelligence Test Scores of Mentally Defective Patients and Their Relatives"
Date: Oct 1938Reference: PENROSE/2/22/5/1Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Archives and manuscripts
Intelligence, Perception Tests and Preference Testing
Date: 1938-1970Reference: PENROSE/2/22Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Archives and manuscripts
Press Cuttings on Declining National Intelligence
Date: Jan 1939Reference: PENROSE/2/22/4/14Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Papers Relating to National Intelligence
Date: 1938-1948Reference: PENROSE/2/22/4Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers