The International Society for Intelligence Research (ISIR) is a scientific society for researchers in human intelligence

Intelligence quotient

An intelligence quotient, or IQ, is a score derived from one of several different standardized tests designed to assess intelligence. When modern IQ tests are constructed, the mean score within an age group is set to 100 and the standard deviation to 15...

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Founded in 2000, ISIR hosts an annual conference offering an opportunity for those interested in intelligence to meet, present their research, and discuss current issues. The society also supports Intelligence

Intelligence (journal)

Intelligence is a peer-reviewed academic journal of psychology that covers intelligence and psychometrics. It is published by Elsevier and the official journal of the International Society for Intelligence Research.The journal was established in 1977 and the editor in chief is Douglas K. Detterman...

as its official scientific journal.

The current President is Earl B. Hunt

Earl B. Hunt

Earl B. Hunt is an American psychologist specializing in the study of human and artificial intelligence. Within these fields he has focused on individual differences in intelligence and the implications of these differences for the roles people play within a high-technology society...

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Lifetime Achievement Award

The Lifetime Achievement Award is the ISIR's highest honor. It is awarded to individuals who have "substantially advanced the field of intelligence" over their professional lifetime. So far, the following individuals have received the award:

• Arthur Jensen
  Arthur Jensen
  Arthur Robert Jensen is a Professor Emeritus of educational psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. Jensen is known for his work in psychometrics and differential psychology, which is concerned with how and why individuals differ behaviorally from one another.He is a major proponent...
  
   (2006)
• Douglas K. Detterman
  Douglas K. Detterman
  Douglas K. Detterman is an American psychology professor who researches intelligence and mental retardation.He earned his B.A. from Boston University in 1967, his M.A. and Ph.D...
  
   (2007)
• Earl B. Hunt
  Earl B. Hunt
  Earl B. Hunt is an American psychologist specializing in the study of human and artificial intelligence. Within these fields he has focused on individual differences in intelligence and the implications of these differences for the roles people play within a high-technology society...
  
  (2009)