A recent study conducted by SMU Associate Professor of Psychology Norman Li and London School of Economics and Political Science Associate Professor Satoshi Kanazawa has found that intelligent people prefer to be alone over large social activities with friends and feel better with it. Two studies were conducted using data collected from a national review of more than 15,000 people aged between 18 to 28. The first study looked at the links between participants’ scores on an intelligence quiz, where they live and how content they feel with their lives. The second study evaluated IQ scores compared to life satisfaction and how often participants socialised with friends.