Fact · Typing and writing speed
The 2026 panel study measured typing against cognitive tests, including two labelled fluid intelligence: Number Series and Verbal Analogies.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Serial 7s (attention and working memory) 25 , Number Series (fluid intelligence) 12 , Verbal Analogies (fluid intelligence) 12”
Functional and cognitive correlates of typing speed in a large U.S. panel study, Raymond Hernandez and Stefan Schneider, Scientific Reports, 2026, Methods, cognitive measures.
Open the original (DOI 10.1038/s41598-026-36500-7)- What it measures
- The Understanding America Study gave its panel a set of cognitive tests alongside a brief typing test. The paper lists each test with the cognitive domain it measures.
- What it does not show
- The paper lists the tests by domain. It does not report a full IQ score for any participant. Fluid intelligence is one domain that IQ tests also measure, so this is related to IQ but not the same thing.