Previous research has fairly consistently found a small, but statistically significant, link between religion and intelligence. Non-believers score, on average, a few points higher on IQ tests than believers.But it's that word 'average' that's the bugbear. Averages don't tell you much about what's actually going on with individuals. What's more, IQ tests are not by any means the full story about
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July 22, 2010
The bright, the dim, and the in-between
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May 25, 2010
A belief in flexible intelligence
The Chronicle of Higher Education has an excellent piece about psychologist Carol Dweck's work which has highlighted how what you believe about intelligence has an effect on how you perform.Dwecks's work has garnered a great deal of attention and her main findings have suggested that children praised for their 'hard work' do significantly better when challenged with difficult problem that those w
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February 27, 2010
February 23, 2010
Brain system behind general intelligence discovered
Neuroscientists have mapped the brain structures that affect general intelligence. The study adds new insight to a highly controversial question: what is intelligence, and how can we measure it?
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February 21, 2010
How come Intelligence, religion, and fertility are linked?
Here's a new study looking at the connection between religion, fertility, and IQ at a national level. We know from previous studies that countries where people are, on average, more religious also tend to have higher average fertility and lower average IQ.The problem is that we also know that countries that have lower average IQ also have higher fertility. So teasing out the two factors is not ob
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December 18, 2009
How many slices does it take to accurately judge personality and intelligence?
Suppose your organization is interviewing candidates for an important job. Would it be better for one trusted person to have an extended interview with them, or for several people to talk to them for less time? How many people would you need to conduct the interviews? Would three be enough? Would ten be too many? If ten is good, wouldn't twenty be even better?We've discussed thin-slicing studies
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August 10, 2009
Dogs’ Intelligence On Par With Two-year-old Human, Canine Researcher Says
Although you wouldn't want one to balance your checkbook, dogs can count. They can also understand more than 150 words, and intentionally deceive other dogs and people to get treats, according to a psychologist and leading canine researcher.
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