BRAIN SCIENCE

•  Neuroscience is a field that may be a good option for someone interested in brain science, as it is focused on the study of the brain and nervous system.

INTELLIGENCE AND COLLEGES

•  The hardest colleges to get into and, therefore, likely those with the smartest students include Harvard, Stanford, California Institute of Technology, Yale University, Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Chicago, Columbia University, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Pennsylvania.
•  The most difficult majors include architecture, chemical engineering, aeronautical and astronautical engineering, biomedical engineering, cell and molecular biology, physics, astronomy, biochemistry, bioengineering, and petroleum engineering.

CAREERS AND DEGREES FOR THE SMARTEST PEOPLE

• The professions with the smartest people include medicine (especially neurosurgery and diagnostics), law, engineering, physics, and college professors.
• Top college degrees for intellectual people include actuarial science, bioethics and ethical compliance, bond trading and finance, cognitive psychology, editor (English degree), historian/archivist, higher education, information engineering, learning and curriculum design, and social and behavioral research.

MUSIC AND SCIENCE

• Neuroscience and music can be combined, as evidenced by the experience of Sara Kornfeld Simpson, who "is double majoring in neuroscience and music at Boston University."
• Northwestern University's Bienen Schools of Music offers a PhD in Music Theory and Cognition.
• Northwestern's faculty supervise students on a variety of topics, "including music and neuroscience."
• Oberlin College & Conservatory has a program in cognitive sciences with "a variety of disciplines including anthropology, biology, computer science, linguistics, mathematics, music theory, neuroscience, philosophy, and psychology.
•  Music science researcher and auditory neuroscientist are two fields open to those interested in both science and music.
• The University of New South Wales "has post-graduate research positions to train students with engineering or science degrees" to perform music science research.