How clever are you in comparison with the remainder of the nation? And the way does our ever-changing world have an effect on how our brains operate? These are simply a few the questions BBC Horizon sought the solutions to when it launched the Nice British Intelligence Check.

Dr Michael Mosley and Dr Hannah Fry shared among the findings on a particular BBC Two present on Monday evening.

Dr Mosley stated: “Individuals who rating nicely on intelligence checks have a tendency, on common, to dwell longer, age higher and usually tend to obtain tutorial and profession success.

“However don’t panic – increasingly analysis is suggesting that intelligence isn’t mounted. That’s why understanding how intelligence works – what components have an effect on it and methods to enhance it – is so vital.”

The check is created by Imperial School London, and in the event you missed Monday’s present don’t fret, it is not too late to take it.

The check is made up of 10 separate components, together with workout routines like spatial consciousness and reminiscence.

It takes round 20-30 minutes to finish, and on the finish you can be given a rating exhibiting the way you in comparison with others, and what your psychological strengths are.

Greater than 250,000 folks have taken the check up to now, so your outcomes offers you a good suggestion of the place you stand in comparison with the nation.

There are an enormous vary of things which might have an effect on intelligence, from age and life-style to web utilization.

The examine confirmed that individuals who play laptop video games, for instance, scored larger in checks of spatial working reminiscence. And the very best video games for doing so? Excessive-paced, shoot ’em up fashion video games.

It additionally discovered that verbal affect is massively influenced by life-style. Unsurprisingly it discovered studying to be one of the best ways to spice up verbal talents, however somewhat extra surprisingly, looking the net was nearly as helpful.

Consuming fruit and greens additionally had a optimistic affect, and cat homeowners have been discovered to have barely higher verbal talents than canine homeowners – although the researchers stated this may occasionally simply have been a fluke.

The examine discovered little relationship between mind energy and the kind of know-how we use – or time spent on it. The one time this modified was when folks displayed indicators of tech addition, which led to elevated stress and affected their psychological well being.