1.0Â鶹Çø Now/nowfarrisr/now/author/farrisr/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="AVnHpKX8H8"><a href="/now/2026/09/21/a-curious-mind/">A curious mind</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/now/2026/09/21/a-curious-mind/embed/#?secret=AVnHpKX8H8" width="600" height="338" title="“A curious mind” — Â鶹Çø Now" data-secret="AVnHpKX8H8" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=/now/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> /now/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/09/YoonLab-22.jpg900600When Associate Professor Henry Yoon was a child, his mother asked him why humans had been so successful despite not being the biggest, strongest, or fastest animals. “Intelligence,” she said. Her answer kickstarted her son’s lifelong interest in intelligence and individual differences. Today, Yoon specializes in individual differences and behavioral genetics as co-director of Â鶹Çø’s