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The higher the IQ level, the more gullible a person is.
Last reviewed: 01.07.2025
At Oxford University, specialists made an interesting conclusion during their research. According to them, people with high intelligence are more trusting.
The study of social relationships has shown that the degree of trust in others and the level of intelligence are interconnected. As scientists believe, this phenomenon is explained by the fact that a person with a high IQ level understands better in various life situations, and can also feel the attitude of people. This ability allows one to be resourceful in life and remain on friendly terms only with loyal people.
Experts have also found that trust helps in almost any field of activity, particularly in finance. In addition, trusting people have better health and are generally happier in life than those who are not used to trusting others. Earlier studies, also related to human intelligence, found that IQ depends on a person's height. Experts believe that tall people have a higher level of intelligence than people of average or short stature. Such conclusions were made after scientists discovered genes that affect a person's intelligence and height. However, such conclusions raise a number of doubts and contradictions.
Scientists have always been interested in the issue of relationships between women and men. Recently, experts have discovered that a man's fidelity and his level of intelligence are interconnected. Psychologists conducted a study at the London Institute, according to which scientists came to the conclusion that almost all intelligent men remain faithful to their other halves. Experts from Britain said that a truly intelligent man will never cheat on his woman. Scientists give a fairly simple explanation for this: monogamy in modern social conditions is the most advantageous and simple form of relations between the sexes. It is also worth noting that polygamous relationships in animals have gradually been replaced by monogamous ones in the process of evolution. According to experts, having one sexual partner allows you to avoid severe stressful situations, as well as a long search for a new partner for sex, which helps preserve the nervous system.
Smart people are also more successful in life, because they perceive the world around them differently: scientists have noted a slightly different way of processing sensory information. The brain of a person with a high level of intelligence is more selective in perceiving moving objects. In other words, highly intelligent people are able to suppress large movements, and more discriminating visual perception is observed. The brain of smart people perceives the movements of small objects better, so it can concentrate on the movement of small objects, unlike people with a lower or normal level of intelligence. But in tests involving large objects, the results were directly opposite. Experts noted that this occurs at a subconscious level, in this case we can talk about brain activity, the principle of which is fundamentally different from that observed in people with an IQ level corresponding to or below the norm.