mental ability

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Just as Blood’s Elizabeth releases in song all that she cannot convey in speech, Wharton’s Elias gives vent in soaring lyrics to what he hasn’t the mental ability to put into words.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2024

If you don’t have a strong mental ability to retain a lot of information, it can be very difficult to be successful.”

From Washington Times • Apr. 14, 2023

"A game of skill has to be reserved for something of great athletic ability or great mental ability which requires years of training, practice and perseverance," Mr Iyer says.

From BBC • May 11, 2022

And then you quote others for the idea that a homemaker "need never be bored because she has plenty of opportunity for using her mental ability to the utmost."

From Salon • May 9, 2021

The bottom 150 were the Cs, the ones who Terman judged to have done the least with their superior mental ability.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell