Flynn limited the possible explanations when he looked carefully at the test data and discovered that the improvement in scores was only on certain parts of the lQ test. Test- takers didn't do better on the arithmetic or vocabulary sections of the test; they did better on sections that required a special kind of reasoning and problem solving. For example, one part of the test shows a set of abstract shapes, and test-takers must look for patterns and connections between them and decide which shape should be added to the set. According to Flynn, this visual intelligence improves as the amount of technology in our lives increases Every time you play a computer Same or figure out how to Program a new cell phone, you are exercising exactly the kind of thinking and problem solving that helps you do well on one kind of intelligence test. So are you really smarter than your parents? in one very specific way, you may be.