The Binet–Simon Intelligence Test was the first intelligence test that could be used to predict scholarly performance and which was widely accepted by the fields of psychology and psychiatry. The development of the test started in 1905 with Alfred Binet and Théodore Simon in Paris, France. Binet and Simon published articles about the test multiple times in Binet's scientific journal L'Année Psychologique, twice in 1905, once in 1908, and once in 1911 (this time, Binet was the sole author). The revisions and publications on the Binet–Simon Intelligence Test by Binet and Simon stopped in 1911 due to the death of Alfred Binet in 1911. The outcomes of the test were related to academic performance. The Binet–Simon was popular because psychologists and psychiatrists at the time felt that the test was able to measure higher and more complex mental functions in situations that closely resembled real life. This was in contrast to previous attempts at tests of intelligence, which were designed to measure specific and separate "faculties" of the mind. Binet's and Simon's intelligence test was well received among contemporary psychologists because it fit the generally accepted view that intelligence includes many different mental functions (e.g. language proficiency, imagination, memory, sensory discrimination). Source: Wikipedia (en)