INSIDE A MIND WITH AN IQ OF 160: Neurogenomic Case Study on Perception, Memory, and Cognitive Processing in an Individual with Exceptionally High Intelligence

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.1595632602031

• Palavras-chave: superior intelligence; cognitive experience; episodic memory; parallel processing; social perception; neurogenomics; GWAS; Savage et al.; cognitive phenomenology  

• Keywords: superior intelligence; cognitive experience; episodic memory; parallel processing; social perception; neurogenomics; GWAS; Savage et al.; cognitive phenomenology  

• Abstract:

  This case study explores the subjective cognitive experience of an individual with a documented IQ of 160 points, correlating genetic predispositions derived from whole genome sequencing (Nebula Genomics, WGS 30x) with observable phenotypic manifestations. Using polygenic scores based on the meta-analysis by Savage et al. (2018) with N = 269,867 individuals, the largest GWAS of intelligence to date, we investigate how a brain genetically predisposed to superior cognition perceives, processes, memorizes, and experiences the world. The participant, Dr. Fabiano de Abreu Agrela Rodrigues, 45, a neuroscientist with multiple academic backgrounds, scores in the ≥95th percentile for critical structures including Hippocampus CA1 (99.8%), Executive Function (98.8%), and Semantic Uncinate Fasciculus (98.6%). Through structured interviews and behavioral validation, we documented quantifiable differences in information processing, memory systems, social perception, emotional experience, and functioning during wakefulness and sleep. The findings illustrate how genetic architecture translates into distinct subjective experience, offering a unique perspective on the phenomenology of superior intelligence.