* Linguistic intelligence: a sensitivity to the meaning and order of words. This also goes with history
* Logical-mathematical intelligence: ability in mathematics and other complex logical systems.
* Musical intelligence: the ability to understand and create music. Musicians, composers and dancers show a heightened musical intelligence.
* Spatial intelligence: the ability to "think in pictures," to perceive the visual world accurately, and recreate (or alter) it in the mind or on paper. Spatial intelligence is highly developed in artists, architects, designers and sculptors.
* Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence: the ability to use one's body in a skilled way, for self-expression or toward a goal. Mimes, dancers, basketball players, and actors are among those who display bodily-kinesthetic intelligence.
* Interpersonal intelligence: an ability to perceive and understand other individuals -- their moods, desires, and motivations. Political and religious leaders, skilled parents and teachers, and therapists use this intelligence.
* Intrapersonal intelligence: an understanding of one's own emotions. Some novelists and or counselors use their own experience to guide others.
29 Jul 2007, 11:50 pm
