Little Einstein! Girl, 3, is Mensa’s youngest member with IQ of 160
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When doctors first tested Alexis Martin's IQ, the said it was 'off the scale.'
Having learned to read aged just 2, she soon taught herself Spanish using her parents' iPad.
When she then started plowing through books at an astonishing rate, her Phoenix parents decided to have her checked out.
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When Alexis Martin was just 1 years old, she could recite her bedtime stories word for word the next day, her dad says.
Doctors said the tot's IQ score was "off the scale" and struggled to come up with a definite figure.
Eventually they settled on a tally of 160 — some 60 points above the national average and in the top 2% worldwide.
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The little girl has an 'exceptional memory and facility for language,' even at such a young age.
Proud pop Ian Martin told ABC News that he realized his daughter was special when she turned 1.
"We'd be driving around in the car and she'd recite her bedtime story from the night before," he said, adding: "She didn't just recite them, she recited them exactly."
Martin also said that his little girl has an "exceptional memory and facility for language," which means she never used words in the incorrect context.
But the Martins are still concerned about how best to school their child.
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