/sci/ - Science & Math

With only a little bit of research I am somewhat convinced a big part of pattern recognition/iq is the ability to be completely neutral/non bias when learning and looking at new things.

Being able to turn off part of the brain that stores all your preconceived notions and be "hyper objective" when looking at a problem. Raven's matrices - I think that most people can't solve harder ones because they look at them and assume a pattern that they "think" should be there and can't break out of that bias. Someone with higher iq can see the individual pieces without any sort of bias holding them back allowing the correct pattern to "jump out." Of course, working memory also helps with connecting those pieces together better.

I've been trying to do more research on "cognitive inhibition and interference." So I assume that high iq's can tune out unimportant information (either on purpose or not) and simultaneously prevent interference from their biases. Can this way of thinking be learned even if it's not at the same speed as someone born with the ability? I'm not exactly sure where/what to read up on to learn more. Anyone have any idea. Found this but it's gonna be a slog at 500 pages.

I was talking to someone with a supposed high IQ, and trying to understand how they think.

From what I gather a lot of the ability of someone with high IQ is being able to "shut off" part of their brain to look at things almost purely objectively like they are entirely new things.

Instead of going in and having "interference" from what you would normally expect due to experience/crystallized knowledge, they can always look at something as if it were an entirely new thing.

Is there a way to block out this interference and let's say learn math/language quickly like a sponge instead of making mistakes because your brain wants to do things "the good ol way?" Maybe I'm misunderstanding too. I'm sure processing speed plays a part. Is there a way to work on increasing that as well? I just want to learn a lot of things and solve problems for fun. I'm a midwit as it stands and just am hoping to get a little bit better/faster at problem solving and learning. Haven't read this book. I'm in my mid 20's and I want to be able to continue learning if at all possible