Intelligence and Reaction Time

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After taking what have been proven to be valid IQ tests for the high-range and scoring in the 140s to 150s without much time or effort I came across an article by Arthur Jensen dealing with IQ and reaction time. Because of Jensen's prominence as a scientist I felt inclined to take a RT test. Under the impression that I was going to perform well and parallel with the results of the IQ tests, I found an online test for RT and quickly took it. I was surprised to find that my reaction time is average. How can this be? Could someone pose an explanation that might clear up this discrepancy? Thanks

I don't see the correlation between the two. I do know that autism spectrum disorders have been proposed to have loopy connections, too much white matter, and perhaps too much noise. I would think that would have a negative effect on reaction time.

my reaction time placed me at the bottom. but i think something about my 'puter slowed things down, in the same manner as the hapless "jeopardy" contestant whose signaling device was balky.

I wish I could remember the link, but they did reaction speed tests on monkeys and university students and the monkeys won!

I have a relatively high IQ (145 on the Weschler scale), but have always had average reaction times. When I take a reaction time test, I recognize the change that's meant to trigger my response, but there seems to be some little delay that keeps me from reacting right away. I'm interested to see if any else has come across research on the subject.

william shockley [i believe] had a neat parlor game thingie, where he'd hook up party guests to his IQ tester [which was basically a neural processing speed checker], and the highest scorer was a hair stylist who spoke seven languages.