IQ scores are falling in the US and one expert said technology could be to blame. The average IQ score in the US is now 98 down from 100, but some states how outranked others in intelligence.
Average IQ levels in the US dropped to 98, falling below the national standards. Experts believe the drop in IQ levels is due to increasing technology use. READ MORE:Human intelligence scores are dropping across the US for the first time, research suggests, and experts warn technology could be to blame.
There are also concerns that phones degrade our memory and recall because there is less need to store information with Google at our finger tips.Exactly half of US states have an average IQ of 100 or above, with New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Vermont coming in the top four while North Dakota and Wyoming tied for the fifth spot.
'That might be the case in California, which is really diverse,' Dombrowski said, 'but it's really difficult to disentangle.' 'Do these individuals engage in reading and writing activities more frequently because they are brighter, or do they become brighter... on IQ tests because they read more?'Dombrowski said this second question is known as the 'Matthew Effect' where a good reader will choose to continue to read more and therefore become more well-read, while poor readers will fall behind.
Advertisement 'Folks are simply not engaging in reading to the degree that they once did,' Dombrowski said. She added that digital devices are acting as an 'academic displacement of time,' meaning the time children spend with technology takes away from the time that could be better spent doing activities that increase their level of intelligence.
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