Spiky cognitive profile

I used to think I had a plain old verbal >nonverbal spiky cognitive profile, but involvement with high IQ FB groups  over the last couple of years  has painted,IMO, a more complex picture. I do much better at pattern recognition than I do at mental rotation/3x3 matrix type tests. There's been a significant improvement with the former despite my  relatively old age and  minimal,if any, with the latter.