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    [–]SoylentCapitalist[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    As someone's brain matures more as they age, does their IQ also increase?

    Certain aspects of IQ. Perceptual Reasoning Index isn't going to improve after your teen years but actually becomes more stable. Verbal Comprehension Index (VCI) and Working Memory Index (WMI) can improve as you age. Verbal intelligence is comprised of fluid and crystallized which is both quantified in VCI. You can increase your crystallized verbal intelligence by reading, learning new words. WMI doesn't have as much capacity for improvement as VCI as you age but doing things like staying healthy, exercising, and taking omega-3 and certain nootropics will improve your WMI. Which then those improvements in VCI and WMI are taken into account in your Full Scale IQ.

    [–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    A lot of people mature and develop dramatically in their mid to late 20s. My grasp of advanced concepts exploded and I could suddenly do high-level math and read philosophy books that would stump me when I was younger. Your strength matures dramatically too; man strength is very real. It's fun watching your gym numbers just naturally skyrocket in your mid to late 20s.

    So yeah, you'll improve across the board my dude.

    [–]CarlDungCrypto-fascist and eugenicist 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    As someone's brain matures more as they age, does their IQ also increase?

    Yes, also prolonged depression, social inactivity, physical inactivity, diet consisted of processed food might decrease your IQ temporarily.

    IQ test basically measures the interconnectivity of your brains. It is a collection of various variables beginning from your genes, blood circulation etc. It is hence really important to support it with various ways. I've even read that in school exams people will do better if they are allowed to chew gum, because that chewing motion increases the circulation of blood also in your brain areas, and hence enables more oxygen to help with cognitive processes.

    [–]WaltzRoommate 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    IQ doesn't necessarily increase with age, but it changes. It has a heritability of .4 when you're young and a heritability of .8 when you're an adult. In other words, it becomes less like your environment and more like your genes. Depending on whether you were given a better environment or whether you have better genetics, it'll go up, down, or stay the same.

    [–]send_nasty_stuffNational Socialist 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    I don't believe so. There might be a very small increase in that range under certain conditions but it's stable after 25 and starts to decline later in life.

    [–]Fitter_HappierWhite Nationalist 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    No, older people are dumber, slower. They make up for it in experience, so it's not like Kevin MacDonald or David Duke are dumb, but they're not as smart as they used to be.