Intelligent Brains Are Slower in Processing Complex Information: Study

A woman looks at a functional magnetic resonance image (fMRI) showing the effect of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring and Kant's 3rd Critique on the human brain during the Wellcome Collection's major new exhibition "Brains: mind of matter" in London on March 27, 2012. Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images

You might think that intelligent people think more quickly.

However, a recent study has found that this is only partially true and applies only to simple problem-solving. When the difficulty level is higher, those with high IQs take their time.