Many claim there is not one kind of intelligence, but at least eight different types, including verbal, spatial and emotional intelligence

Argument rages as to whether intelligence is biologically or socially determined

The brain weighs less than 2.5% of our total bodyweight, but accounts 20% of our energy consumption when we're at rest. It burns oxygen and glucose at ten times the rate of other body organs

Each year 10,000 people take the MENSA IQ test - 2,500 pass to become members. Over the last century, the UK's average IQ has risen about 3 points every decade

IQ depends on your culture, class and gender because of the way tests are written. Controversially, in the 1920s IQ tests...

Many claim there is not one kind of intelligence, but at least eight different types, including verbal, spatial and emotional intelligence

Argument rages as to whether intelligence is biologically or socially determined

The brain weighs less than 2.5% of our total bodyweight, but accounts 20% of our energy consumption when we're at rest. It burns oxygen and glucose at ten times the rate of other body organs

Each year 10,000 people take the MENSA IQ test - 2,500 pass to become members. Over the last century, the UK's average IQ has risen about 3 points every decade

IQ depends on your culture, class and gender because of the way tests are written. Controversially, in the 1920s IQ tests were used to assess the suitability of immigrants for US citizenship

I know it is presumptuous to think we can categorize brain function so arbitrarily.
I don't think we have a particular 'strength to the exclusion of others, but that acknowledgment of different perception and memory storage mechanism can help shed light on education difficulties, and talents that can be unique. Like most psychological principles with regard to implied thinking principles, and chemical relationships, the principles are relatively subjective, and speculative.
One physical example, is the way blindness can render optic function obsolete. Other means of perception are strengthened to compensate.
The seven categories main function seems to be an attempt to understand the princip...

I know it is presumptuous to think we can categorize brain function so arbitrarily.
I don't think we have a particular 'strength to the exclusion of others, but that acknowledgment of different perception and memory storage mechanism can help shed light on education difficulties, and talents that can be unique. Like most psychological principles with regard to implied thinking principles, and chemical relationships, the principles are relatively subjective, and speculative.
One physical example, is the way blindness can render optic function obsolete. Other means of perception are strengthened to compensate.
The seven categories main function seems to be an attempt to understand the principle, but as we learn more concrete examples of the way brain function works. These divisions, will no doubt have specific qualifications. While there may seem to be confusion, it should not be considered a scientific principle but something a teacher can be aware of if there are difficulties when students do not seem prepared or able to learn. An indication a talent, or a particular ability can be made clearer by what a person feels comfortable learning or seems determined to learn.
Principles that are relatively speculative need discussion for that reason. The more examples that are considered, the more light can be shed on something that cannot be proven or even considered by a single person, or even a small group