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"description": "This is a description of my new short.",
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"publishedAt": "2003-05-02T00:00:00.000Z",
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"textContent": "\"For many years, people used IQ tests to try and determine someone’s intelligence. However, some researchers believe that IQ tests do not take into account the fact that different people might think in different ways, and have different strengths and weaknesses.\n\nMost people would agree that Mozart was a genius - but Mozart would probably have struggled with Einstein’s theories just like the rest of us. This doesn’t mean that one man was more clever than the other – they just thought in very different ways.\" BBC\n\nBBCi - Leonardo - Thinker quiz\n\nMany psychologists now believe that what we call intelligence can be subdivided into different categories, all of which can all be measured independently. Different kinds of thinking are needed to solve different problems.\n\nI am a spatial thinkerIt turns out I am a spatial thinker!\nLike other spatial thinkers, Leonardo had a talent for designing buildings and machinery. He also invented a new style of map making.\n\nSpatial Thinkers:\n\nTend to think in pictures, and can develop good mental models of the physical world.\n\nThink well in three dimensions\n\nHave a flair for working with objects\n\nOther Spatial Thinkers include Pablo Picasso, Michelangelo, Isambard Kingdom Brunel\n\nCareers which suit Spatial Thinkers include\nMechanic, Photographer, Artist, Architect, Engineer, Builder, Set designer",
"title": "What kind of thinker are you?"
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