How good are you at puzzles?
Gardner believed that a singular theory of intelligence drastically overlooked many peoples skills.
(He may have been talking about the author of this article.)
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They can solve puzzles more easily than other people, especially something like the Rubiks Cube.
They can walk into a house and imagine what it would look like after knocking out a wall.
Understanding architecture and choreography and film directing comes easily to people with strong visual-spatialintelligence.
They generally have a poor sense of direction and have difficulty thinking in three dimensions.
Tests ask what an object or shape will look like if manipulated in some wayoften after three-dimensional rotation.
Dr. Kraft says that it is possible toself-evaluateyour visual-spatial skills.
Our intellectual abilities are influenced by bothgenetics and environment.
Dr. Kraft stated: We probably cannotincreaseour raw visual-spatial intelligence, but we do learn to compensate.
GPS has largely removed that problem.
Those with weaker visual-spatial intelligence might also compensate because they are stronger in another intelligence.
We can also use these activities to mitigate cognitive decline as we age.
Visual-spatial intelligence is only one of many potential strengths an individual can possess.
it’s possible for you to use the activities described here to try and strengthen your visual-spatial abilities.
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