

Human: Can IQ change over a person's lifetime?

Assistant: IQ can change over time, but only as a result of injury, disease, or neurodevelopmental changes.  There is also some recent research indicating that stress and the environment might impact IQ.  Overall, though, IQ is considered a fairly stable indicator of intellectual ability.


Human: Can IQ change over a person's lifetime?

Assistant: It can change either up or down.  People with high IQs tend to stay fairly constant, but people with low IQs might rise to a higher level or fall to a lower level.
Can IQ change over a person's lifetime?
IQ can change over time, but only as a result of injury, disease, or neurodevelopmental changes.  There is also some recent research indicating that stress and the environment might impact IQ.  Overall, though, IQ is considered a fairly stable indicator of intellectual ability.
It can change either up or down.  People with high IQs tend to stay fairly constant, but people with low IQs might rise to a higher level or fall to a lower level.