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Are you considering a career in rocket science or brain surgery? It might be possible.
According to a study, members of both professions are not more clever than the general public.
Researchers asked 329 engineers and 72 neurosurgeons to complete a series of tasks to test their cognitive abilities.
The British Medical Journal published the results of a study.
The study was done to see which profession had the intellectual edge.
It wanted to find out if public perception of the sectors was accurate.
Researchers suggested that questioning stereotypes could benefit future recruitment in scientific fields.
The 'Great British Intelligence Test' was used to assess professionals from both groups.
The test looked at areas like working memory, attention and emotion processing, and respondents were asked about their age, sex and industry experience.
The results were compared between the two groups and the data from the British public.
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Neurosciences scored lower in tests of memory recall.
It found that neurosurgeons scored higher than rocket scientists in problem solving.
When it came to attention and mental manipulation tasks, the engineers in the space program performed better than their competitors.
When compared with public scores, rocket scientists didn't show any significant differences.
Problem solving speed was quicker for neurosciences, but their memory recall was slower.
It could be a result of training for rapid decision-making in time-critical situations, or it could be due to the fast-paced nature of neurosurgery.
The study suggested that neurosurgeons and engineers may be placed on a pedestal. Future work should aim to determine the most deserving profession, as other specialties might deserve to be on that pedestal.
Neuroscience.
There is a brain.
It's related to Aerospace.
