IQ scores have been rising steadily since the invention of IQ tests. However, since the 1980's the scores have risen dramatically. Scientists are wondering why. Some are pointing out that video games that improve spatial and problem solving skills are potentially responsible for helping people do better on the Raven's Progressive Matrices Test. Every 10 years or so the tests are adjusted so that the most of the scores are always in the middle. This has been happening since the 1930's. However, the students in the 1930's might be able to answer simple questions like, " What is the boiling point of water?" that most students today can't answer. We aren't producing more Einsteins and Mozarts then they were. So, are we smarter or were they?

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