Guess the intelligence of children through drawing at 4 years old

If your walls are covered with doodles of small children, you should look closely at them. This is because, early childhood artistic talent provides a proof of the owner's intelligence later in life, according to a new study.

Researchers found that children who were able to accurately paint the shape of people at age 4 were more likely to be smarter than their teenage peers (13-19 years old). The conclusion was drawn after psychologists from King's College London (UK) conducted the study of drawings of more than 15,000 4-year-old children.

According to the research report, experts conducted a test of 7,750 twins with eggs (identical) and different eggs (not quite the same). Each of these children is required to paint a child at age 4. Each picture will be scored from 0-12 depending on the full drawing of features such as head, nose, ear, hair, arms and body.

Children who painted better at age 4 were more likely to achieve higher results in intelligence tests 10 years later.(Photo: PA)

The scoring system does not take into account a number of characteristics such as proportional proportions, but the children will be awarded points if they know how to draw more clothes. All children will then undergo intelligence tests with both speech and non-speech at the time they complete the drawing.

The entire process is repeated when the children are 14 years old.

The team discovered a strong correlation between the points of the drawings and the results of two smart tests of volunteer children. In particular, the children who painted more beautifully were also able to achieve better results in intelligence tests 10 years later.

Dr Rosalind Arden from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London explained that drawing ability is unique to humanity and is a sign of the ability to discern, similar to the ability to write, store information and build our civilization.

However, Dr. Arden emphasized that the above finding does not mean that parents have to worry because their children are painting badly or not showing their artistic talent at a young age. In fact, countless other factors, both genetic and environmental, will affect a person's intelligence later in life.

"The ability to draw does not determine intelligence. The discovery shows that there is a connection between them, but it is only a moderate relationship. Although there is no evidence of drawing, making children smarter, but I think drawing will make them more observant and able to pay attention to what's around them . Children love to draw, give them a color pen and let them be creative with it , " said Arden. Note more.

Arden and colleagues also discovered the association between genes and artistic talent. In general, the paintings of twins and eggs are more similar to those of other twins. However, this does not imply that humans have painting genes. A child's ability to draw is thought to originate from many other possibilities, such as the ability to comment or observe.