Genius'

Genius'

1. Genius => someone who displays exeptional intellectual ability

   • No scientific definition

2. The intelligence assessment was initiated by Francis Galton and James McKeen Cattell

   • Analysed reaction time and sensory acuity as measure of neurophysiological efficiency
   • Studies failed to account for the impact of social status and the availability of resources in the form of economic inheritance
     • Eminence can be gained from the enriched environment frovided by wealthy families

3. Expressed in a variety of forms

   • Mathematical
   • Literary
   • Musical performacnce

4. Many diagnosed with mental health disorders

   • Could be conenctions between mental illness and genius. Those with bipolar disorder and schizoprenia tend to show elevated creativity
     • Vincent van Goch
     • Ernest Hemingway
     • Virginia Woolf