I particularly like these designations:

Linguistic intelligence ("word smart"):
Logical-mathematical intelligence ("number/reasoning smart")
Spatial intelligence ("picture smart")
Bodily-Kinesthetic intelligence ("body smart")
Musical intelligence ("music smart")
Interpersonal intelligence ("people smart")
Intrapersonal intelligence ("self smart")
Naturalist intelligence ("nature smart")


A hero in an action drama, like James Bond has all of these abilities fine tuned and at the ready at all times.

Perhaps there are real people who are that nimble at going from one ability/intelligence to a different one, but I have never known one.

I have noticed particular difficulties going from one kind of smart to another such as creating visual imagery and paintings and then thinking only in musical lines.

With practice going from one to the other does get easier but my point here is that a possible "9th intelligene catagory such as "Transitional smart or Integrational smart ( an ease of shifting gears from one intelligence to another).