I always thought of the Flynn effect as applying across generations. I think it's an interesting idea that culture is changing and information exposure increasing quickly enough that a person would see a noticeable change within their own lifetime, vs. age peers from their more mature age but an earlier time period. I guess the reason that descriptions of the effect may mention people born at different times is the implied notion that cultural enrichment of intelligence works best during early formative periods, but research seems to suggest a certain amount of plasticity of intelligence during later years as well.

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