Researchers at the University of York have discovered a link between young people’s ability to perform well at two popular video games and high levels of intelligence, showing that that some action strategy video games can act like IQ tests.
An unprecedented amount of data exists about our lives, environments and the people we share them with. By empowering large numbers of people to access and interpret this data, we can transform the way we understand and make decisions about key aspects of our lives and have a greater say in how we are treated by the government and other groups.
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DC Labs will make a substantial investment in esports research as part of this world-first collaboration in esports between ESL and the University of York.
Your skill in esports games correlates with your intelligence, which suggests we could use IQ tests to find gifted esports players from a young age, even before they play the games.
