• Question: Why are some people cleverer than others, is it to do with their brain or just they work harder ?

    Asked by Naomi845 to Chris, Josh, Rebecca, Rob, Susan on 26 Jun 2015.
    • Photo: Rob Temperton

      Rob Temperton answered on 26 Jun 2015:

      A combination of the two. Hard work can achieve a lot – I am not massively clever, I have just worked hard. However, some people are just clever and this does have things to do with their brain. We can do experiments using techniques like MRI and show that some people have more activity in parts of their brain than others.

      Not an expert. One of the other scientists may know more.

      Rob

    • Photo: Rebecca Dewey

      Rebecca Dewey answered on 26 Jun 2015:

      It might also be that they are just lucky that they have been able to use the right learning style for them, or they’ve adapted to a learning style that is used, and therefore they have been able to learn more easily.

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