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Intelligent people's impatience linked to cognitive drive, psychologists say

Highly intelligent individuals often exhibit impatience, which psychologists suggest stems from a strong drive to resolve unanswered questions and a tendency to quickly disengage from ineffective approaches. This restlessness is not necessarily a flaw but can be an expression of their cognitive abilities, particularly a high 'need for cognition' and the capacity for abstract reasoning. Their minds are optimized to close cognitive loops efficiently, leading them to seek resolution for open questions and to rapidly abandon strategies that are not yielding results. AI

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