To explain: The reason why writers tend to produce their most creative work later in life, while the scientists often hit their peak much earlier using the crystallized and fluid intelligence.
Concept introduction: Intelligence in general is defined as the person’s ability to acquire knowledge from experience, problem solving ability, and use of knowledge to adapt and acclimatize to new situations that are encountered. Crystallized intelligence is the accumulated knowledge of the individual that increases with age and is reflected in vocabulary and analogies test. Fluid intelligence is the ability of the individual to perform reasoning fast and with abstract when solving new logic problems.
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