2-year-old girl become Britain´s youngest member of high-IQ club

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Source: CCTV.com | 05-02-2009 12:25

At the tender age of 28 months, Elise Tan-Roberts has become Britain's youngest member of high-IQ club, Mensa.

At the tender age of 28 months, Elise Tan-Roberts has become  Britain's youngest member of high-IQ club, Mensa.

The society's UK chapter has confirmed that the child is its youngest-ever member but it's still uncertain whether she is also the youngest on record in Mensa's more-than 40 national chapters across the world.

The girl's father, Edward Nosegbe-Roberts, says it was clear to him that Elise was "very quick and observant" even at a very young age.

Mensa was set up in England in 1946, and has about 100,000 members worldwide. It's essentially a society reserved for individuals who are considered intelligent, based on how they score in standardized tests.

Mensa does not directly evaluate young children, but in the case of Elise Tan-Roberts, the test was performed by an educational psychologist, according to the British newspaper, The Daily Mirror.