- Signs of high intelligence, according to scientists, include being really funny and (go figure!) procrastinating a lot.
- Some of those indicators are listed on a Quora thread, "What are the common traits of highly intelligent people?"
- We rounded up 13 of those signs below — so you can see which ones describe you.
It's only human to want to know how you stack up against your peers.
That's especially true when it comes to intelligence.
Below are 13 common traits and behaviors only the smartest people display, drawn largely from a Quora thread and supported by scientific evidence. Read on and see which describe you.
SEE ALSO: 13 science-backed signs that you're smarter than average
You're not easily distracted
Frank Zhu says "people who can focus for long stretches at a time and tune out distractions" are highly intelligent. As evidence, he points to a 2013 paper published in the journal Current Biology.
The paper describes two small studies that found people with higher scores on an IQ test were slower to recognize large background movements in an image. That's likely because they focus on the most important information and filter out the rest.
You're a night owl
The smarter you are, the more you're inclined to stay up into the wee hours of the morning, according to research.
One study, published in 2009 in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, looked at the link between childhood IQ and sleep habits among thousands of young adults. Sure enough, smarter individuals said they stayed up later and woke up later on both weekdays and weekends.
Another study, published in 1999 in the same journal, looked at about 400 US air force recruits and yielded similar findings.
You're highly adaptable
Several Quora users noted that intelligent people are flexible and able to thrive in different settings. As Donna F Hammett writes, intelligent people adapt by "showing what can be done regardless of the complications or restrictions placed upon them."
Recent psychological research supports this idea. Intelligence depends on being able to change your own behaviors in order to cope more effectively with your environment, or make changes to the environment you're in.
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