Were you always Brainy?

Frankly speaking, i dont think anyone would voluntarily say that they are not brainy or intelligent. In school I started of as bright student. Was always ranked first till 3rd grade. Then my rank started to slide a bit.But recovered again in the late stages of school and then carried it on till college. Studywise i was an average student..I dint have to put too much effort as others would to achieve the same level of success..I could have achieved more, but i dont regret it.

You could say that I've been brainy from an early age. I've have always tested at the 90 percentile for my age. As one grows there brain neurons make more connections and memory, comprehension and logical reasoning improve. Your mental capacitiy decides how easily, rapidly and successfully you will learn. Those of us known as brainy or eggheads are above the norm or average for learning,but if we don't use and exercise or mind it will lag behind.

The brain is supossed to improve the more you use it. Scientific fact. Your synaptic connections get stronger the more you use them, kinda like muscles with exercise. So yes, I think all us learn to think, though it may not be a level playing field in the sense that some may start out with an advantage due to genes or better nutrition or whatever ;)