— Age & cognition
IQ by age — across the lifespan
How cognitive performance changes across the human lifespan, and how age-normed IQ scoring works.
- IQ at age 12 — Early adolescence
- IQ at age 15 — Mid adolescence
- IQ at age 18 — Late adolescence / early adult
- IQ at age 21 — Young adult
- IQ at age 25 — Young adult
- IQ at age 30 — Adult
- IQ at age 40 — Mid adult
- IQ at age 50 — Mature adult
- IQ at age 65 — Older adult
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20-min age-normed test — see where you sit relative to your peers.
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