In her book, The Gifted Adult, Mary-Elaine Jacobsen (2000), notes that there are at least 20 million Americans who could be identified as gifted, and she calls gifted adults “the most under-identified ...

12. Demonstrates awareness of issues, such as death and war NOTE: A child does not have to exhibit all or even a majority of these characteristics to be identified as gifted. Seeing a number of traits ...

Across classrooms and kitchen tables, adults still talk about “gifted” children as if brilliance were a fragile heirloom that ...

For starters, many people are confused about what “giftedness” means. Schools, organisations, and cultures around the world use it differently. On one hand, some institutions use the term strictly to ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Intelligence provides evidence that different aspects of parents’ intelligence, education, and personality may influence the cognitive abilities of gifted ...

The character of Marty Mauser is narcissistic and wise, teaching fellow gifted individuals how to create meaning in a way that won't ruin their lives.

Mark Twain wrote to a reporter who was checking on whether the great author was still among the living: “The report of my death was an exaggeration.” That same thing can be said about the death of ...