Were you born intelligent?

Recent research claims that the intellectual ability is influenced greatly by environment and may not be hereditary. Psychologist Dennis Garlick, of the University of Sydney in Australia, suggests that intelligence is created when neural connections in the brain are changed in response to environmental cues. According to Garlick, recent advances in neuroscience and cognitive science have suggested that different intellectual abilities require different neural connections in the brain. Thus, environmental conditions that allow favourable connections to be developed lead to a better intellect.