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Gregory, Tess; Nettelbeck, Ted; Howard, Sara; Wilson, Carlene – Intelligence, 2008
Inspection Time (IT) is a psychophysical speed measure that has been linked to a range of cognitive abilities with results finding that shorter IT is associated with superior performance in cognitive abilities. Following a recent suggestion by Nettelbeck and Wilson [Nettelbeck, T., & Wilson, C. (2004). The Flynn effect: Smarter not faster.…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Cognitive Tests, Older Adults, Short Term Memory
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Reed, T. Edward – Intelligence, 1993
Results with 54 mice confirm that increased stimulation or usage, as would be provided by environmental enrichment (EE), increases peripheral nerve conduction velocity. These results suggest a role at the physiological level for EE (or deprivation) in affecting measured intelligence. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Context Effect, Enrichment, Environmental Influences
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Willerman, Lee; And Others – Intelligence, 1991
Magnetic resonance imaging was used to demonstrate that larger brain size (corrected for body size) was associated with higher intelligence quotient (IQ) for 40 right-handed college students grouped by high and average IQ and sex. Results suggest the relevance of brain size to intelligence test performance. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Testing, Higher Education, Individual Differences