IQ測試能證明創造力嗎？
Does IQ Test Prove Creativity?

For most people, the poem has an elusive quality.
對多數人來說，這首詩非常令人難以理解。

A neuroscientist is a scientist who studies the nervous system and the brain.
神經學家是研究神經系統和腦的科學家。

After 20 years of study and research, he finally became an AI guru.
經過 20 年的學習和研究，他終於成為一位人工智慧泰斗。

The journalist spent a whole day deconstructing the texts to uncover what the mayor was not saying.
該名記者用了整天的時間解讀那段文字，想要推知市長當時沒有明說的事。

The match ignited the candle.
那根火柴點燃了蠟燭。

Intelligence is the ability to learn, understand, and make judgments.
智慧是學習、理解、判斷的能力。

George was a subtle worker in wood.
George是一個技藝精湛的木工。

The furniture he bought was both aesthetic and functional.
他買的傢俱既美觀又實用。

The housekeeper has an obsessive concern with cleanliness.
那位管家過分講究「乾淨」這件事。

Some students find that certain foods trigger their stomachache.
有些學生發現某些食物導致他們胃痛。

Does IQ Test Prove Creativity?

Everyone has creativity, some a lot more than others. The development of humans, and possibly the universe, depends on it. Yet creativity is an elusive creature. What do we mean by it? What is going on in our brains when ideas form? Does it feel the same for artists and scientists? We asked writers and neuroscientists, pop stars and AI gurus to try to deconstruct the creative process—and learn how we can all ignite the spark within.

In the early 1970s, creativity was still seen as a type of intelligence. But when more subtle tests of IQ and creative skills were developed in the 1970s, particularly by the father of creativity testing, Paul Torrance, it became clear that the link was not so simple. Creative people are intelligent, in terms of IQ tests at least, but only averagely or just above. While it depends on the discipline, in general IQ beyond a certain level IQ does not help boost creativity; it is necessary, but not sufficient to make someone creative.

Because of the difficulty of studying the actual process, most early attempts to study creativity concentrated on personality. According to creativity specialist Mark Runco of California State University, Fullerton, the “creative personality” tends to place a high value on aesthetic qualities and to have broad interests, providing lots of resources to draw on and knowledge to recombine into novel solutions. “Creatives” have an attraction to complexity and an ability to handle conflict. They are also usually highly self-motivated, perhaps even a little obsessive.

But there may be a price to pay for having a creative personality. For centuries, a link has been made between creativity and mental illness. Psychiatrist Jamison of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, found that established artists are significantly more likely to have mood disorders. But she also suggests that a change of mood state might be the key to triggering a creative event, rather than the negative mood itself. Intelligence can help channel this thought style into great creativity, but when combined with emotional problems, lateral, divergent or open thinking can lead to mental illness instead...