Neurosurgeons Are No Smarter Than the General Population

Researchers use the Great Britain Intelligence Test (GBIT), which measures different aspects of cognition. neurosurgeons and rocket scientists conducted an online research study on Analyzes of 401 people show that people belonging to these occupational groups are smarter than the general population. that they are not showed.

An international group of 329 aeronautical engineers and 72 neurosurgeons; tasks, planning and reasoning, attention and emotion processing techniques, working memory analyzed from various aspects. The data obtained were previously shared by the research team. more than 18,000 It was compared with data obtained from a British citizen.

“There is no significant difference”

According to the results of the comparison, neurosurgeons, in semantic problem solving significantly from aeronautical engineers. standing out; aerospace engineers, mental manipulation and attention more high score took. Between groups memory, spatial problem solving, problem solving speed and memory recall speed in field scores any difference not seen. When the scores of each group for the six domains were compared with the scores in the general population, only two differences stood out. Neurosurgeons were faster at solving problems than aerospace engineers, but their memory recall was slower.

The findings, published in the medical journal BMJ, revealed that neurosurgeons showed faster problem solving and slower recall compared to the general public. In addition, the team included aeronautical engineers and neurosurgeons. found much in common in their cognitive abilities.

The researchers noted that the difference in problem-solving speed exhibited by neurosurgeons may be a result of the training received or the fact that people with fast processing abilities turn to neurosurgery. The author of the study, Aswin Chari, “Basically everyone has a set of skills and some people are better at other things. it’s so hard to be good at everything proven again” stated.