What can a card game tell us about intelligence? The authors of a new Czech study found that the card game Dobble (also called “Spot It!”) can function as an intelligence test.
Dobble is a card game that requires players to quickly identify the matching symbol in a pair of cards (see 2nd image). Examinees who completed the Dobble game faster performed better on a nonverbal matrix test, an attention test, and the Trail Making Test (which measures visual attention, processing speed, and cognitive flexibility).
Card-specific characteristics had little impact on task performance, and most examinees enjoyed playing Dobble. Therefore, Dobble is a promising task that can measure intelligence in an non-threatening way.
Original post: https://x.com/RiotIQ/status/2053852100610695458
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