Debunking the popular myth that spatial ability measures fluid intelligence/creativity better than verbal ability
So, I've seen a lot of people here who basically reject verbal tests because they believe that spatial tests are more useful in measuring creativity and innovation and problem solving without prior knowledge.
I have some bad news for these guys, and that is that even at the genetic level, the polygenic scores that are linked to creativity and innovation are actually more related to verbal intelligence than spatial intelligence:
"We found that the genetic variants associated with poor math performance, but better language performance were also associated with increased risk for multiple psychiatric disorders. The same variants were also associated with creativity, which we show through a polygenic score analysis of 2953 creative professionals and 164,622 controls."
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So what the paper is basically saying is that there seems to be a verbal slope associated with higher creativity, while at the same time being associated with higher mental disorder.
In any case, if you are still not convinced, it is better to make a simple comparison between East Asians and Ashkenazi Jews yourself, because the former has increased spatial intelligence and the latter has increased verbal intelligence, and almost everyone knows which group solves more new problems without experience or the need to imitate others.