Stories
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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.
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Exceptional talent and the trouble with IQ tests
Is a high IQ really a mark of genius, or does something else explain the exceptional?
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The extraordinary body of Evatima Tardo
Darling of 19th-century American freak shows, Evatima Tardo remained serene as she withstood crucifixion and the bites of poisonous snakes. But she took the secret behind her abilities to her grave.
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The enduring myth of the mad genius
There’s a fine line to tread between creativity and psychosis.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
'V. P. T. Keys' (Various Tests - keys and directions)
Date: 1920s-1930sReference: PSY/SPE/3/6Part of: Spearman, Charles Edward (1863-1945)- Books
The mismeasure of man / Stephen Jay Gould.
Gould, Stephen Jay.Date: 1997, ©1996- Archives and manuscripts
Professional Affairs Board / Standing Committee on Test Standards: Submissions
Date: 1979-1981Reference: PSY/BPS/1/4/8/5/13Part of: British Psychological Society Archive- Books
Am I normal? : the 200-year search for normal people (and why they don't exist) / Sarah Chaney.
Chaney, SarahDate: 2022- Books
How (not) to train the brain : enhancing what's between your ears with (and without) science / Amir Raz and Sheida Rabipour ; foreword by Michael Posner.
Raz, AmirDate: 2019