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From:Journal of Psychology and Theology (Vol. 42, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedIn this paper, we scrutinize intellectual arrogance and intellectual humility through an evolutionary lens. Our basic thesis might be summarized as follows. Human cognition, though it partly transcends the natural...
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From:Advances in Environmental BiologyPeer-ReviewedThis study performed to study the effect of preschool course on students' adaptive behavior. The populations concluded all first elementary school students (N= 1290) in Andimeshk city in the academic year of 2012-2013....
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From:Skeptic (Altadena, CA) (Vol. 15, Issue 2)OVER THE COURSE OF the past century there have been three curious phenomena in the social sciences that are both significant and related: (1) the rise in IQ scores in developed countries, (2) the decline in religious...
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From:British Journal of Psychology (Vol. 97, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThe present research seeks to build upon a body of research that has attempted to underpin developmental attention difficulties by identifying cognitive processing deficits that reliably differentiate children with...
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From:The Journal of Parapsychology (Vol. 62, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThis paper examines the role of context in the relationship between belief in the paranormal and intellectual ability. It is argued that expressed paranormal belief is dependent upon the context in which it is measured...
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From:British Journal of Psychology (Vol. 89, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIn recent years, researchers have increasingly emphasized the social functions of human cognition. Part of this emphasis has reflected advances in social psychology, which has increasingly taken a cognitive approach to...
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From:British Journal of Psychology (Vol. 84, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedIn the past few years, Marian Annett and her colleagues have published several papers relating handedness to cognitive ability (Annett, 1991a; Annett & Manning, 1989; 1990a, b). In these studies, Annett has shown that...
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From:Management Review (Vol. 83, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedExecutives should realize the crucial importance of brainpower to a company's economic success and create an environment for knowledge to flourish. An organization as a whole might be thought of as a brain and any...
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From:Intelligence (Vol. 28, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThis study investigated the differences in cognitive processes related to creativity and intelligence using EEG coherence and power measures in the lower ([[Alpha].sub.1] = 7.9-10.0 Hz) and upper alpha band...
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From:American Behavioral Scientist (Vol. 39, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe basic claims of The Bell Curve are contradicted. Studies are reviewed indicating that consensus does not exist that IQ tests measure intelligence. When sociocultural environment was held constant, differences in...
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From:The Psychological Record (Vol. 63, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThe Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) and explicit measures were used with 21 college students to determine if body weight of target stimuli (photographic images of slim and overweight individuals)...
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From:The Futurist (Vol. 46, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedThe future of sub-Saharan Africa may be at risk as damage continues to be inflicted on the minds and brains of the African population. Researchers such as psychologist Richard Lynn and political scientist Tatu Vanhanen...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 11, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedBackground Preterm birth is a risk factor for decreased exercise capacity and impaired cognitive functions in later life. The objective of this study was to disentangle the associations between preterm birth,...
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From:Current Psychology (Vol. 35, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedCurrent work investigated the extent to which mating intelligence was related to one's own mate value as well as the value of one's mate. We hypothesized that (1) mating intelligence is positively correlated with...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 11, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedIn this article, we tested, using a 1-year longitudinal design, whether symbolic numerical magnitude processing or children's numerical representation of Arabic digits, is as important to arithmetic as phonological...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 13, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedObjective (1) To develop the norm of Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), (2) to investigate the pathway of the indices for WCST performances and (3) the association between WCST, intelligence quotient (IQ), and...
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From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 116, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: Few studies provide data directly relevant to the question of whether blood lead concentrations < 10 [micro]g/dL adversely affect children's cognitive function. OBJECTIVE: We examined the association...
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From:The Wilson Quarterly (Vol. 30, Issue 4)THE SOURCE: "Presidential IQ, Openness, Intellectual Brilliance, and Leadership: Estimates and Correlations for 42 U.S. Chief Executives" by Dean Keith Simonton, in Political Psychology, August 2006. ANYBODY WHO HAS...
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From:Australian Journal of Social Issues (Vol. 37, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThis review highlights the urgency for a seamless and co-ordinated approach to service delivery for people with intellectual disability and mental illness. There is emerging evidence of the high prevalence of mental...
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From:The Chronicle of Higher Education (Vol. 56, Issue 35)Byline: David Glenn Palo Alto, Calif. -- Carol S. Dweck says that her graduate students here at Stanford University are hard-working, creative, and resilient in the face of failure. But she wouldn't call them smart....