Giftedness test: could you be gifted?

1. I often make quick, unexpected connections between ideas that seem, at first glance, unrelated.

2. I feel emotions — mine or other people's — with particular intensity.

3. Sounds, lights or textures that don't bother others can overwhelm me.

4. I've always had an intense curiosity for topics well beyond what was expected for my age.

5. I ask myself (or asked myself very early on) deep existential questions — death, the meaning of life, justice...

6. I have a sharp sense of justice, and injustice or hypocrisy is hard for me to tolerate.

7. I often aim for perfection and struggle to be satisfied with a merely "good enough" result.

8. I regularly feel like I don't function like everyone else, without knowing why.

9. I get bored quickly with repetitive or intellectually understimulating tasks.

10. I learn very quickly in areas that genuinely interest me.

11. I have a rich vocabulary and was often told, as a child, that I "talked like an adult."

12. My mind works in a "tree-branching" way: one idea leads to several others at once, which can make me lose the thread.

13. I have an offbeat sense of humor, with a lot of irony or wordplay.

14. I have remarkable memory for topics I'm passionate about, but can be scatterbrained day-to-day.

15. I notice details, inconsistencies or nuances that others don't seem to see.

16. As a child, I often preferred the company of adults or older children to that of kids my own age.