News tagged with human intelligence

Human brain frontal lobes not relatively large, not sole center of intelligence

Human intelligence cannot be explained by the size of the brain's frontal lobes, say researchers.

Neuroscience May 13, 2013 | 4.9 / 5 (9) | 4 |

Debunking the IQ myth

(Medical Xpress)—You may be more than a single number, according to a team of Western-led researchers. Considered a standard gauge of intelligence, an intelligence quotient (IQ) score doesn't actually provide ...

Psychology & Psychiatry May 07, 2013 | 3.1 / 5 (26) | 28 |

Researchers debunk the IQ myth

After conducting the largest online intelligence study on record, a Western University-led research team has concluded that the notion of measuring one's intelligence quotient or IQ by a singular, standardized test is highly ...

Neuroscience Dec 19, 2012 | 4.2 / 5 (28) | 24 |

Study suggests humans are slowly but surely losing intellectual and emotional abilities

Human intelligence and behavior require optimal functioning of a large number of genes, which requires enormous evolutionary pressures to maintain. A provocative hypothesis published in a recent set of Science and Society ...

Genetics Nov 12, 2012 | 3.8 / 5 (37) | 78 |

Training computers to understand the human brain

Understanding how the human brain categorizes information through signs and language is a key part of developing computers that can 'think' and 'see' in the same way as humans. Hiroyuki Akama at the Graduate ...

Neuroscience Oct 08, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

Intelligence is in the genes, but where?

(Medical Xpress)—You can thank your parents for your smarts—or at least some of them. Psychologists have long known that intelligence, like most other traits, is partly genetic. But a new study led by psychological scientist ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Oct 02, 2012 | 4 / 5 (1) | 13 |

Theory: Music underlies language acquisition

(Medical Xpress)—Contrary to the prevailing theories that music and language are cognitively separate or that music is a byproduct of language, theorists at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music and the University ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Sep 18, 2012 | 5 / 5 (7) | 1 |

Creativity and human reasoning during decision-making

A hallmark of human intelligence is the ability to efficiently adapt to uncertain, changing and open-ended environments. In such environments, efficient adaptive behavior often requires considering multiple ...

Neuroscience Mar 27, 2012 | 4 / 5 (6) | 0 |

Griffith's 3-D microscopy a research breakthrough

The understanding of diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's is set to take a step forward following groundbreaking technology at which will enable cell analysis using automated 3D microscopy.

Medical research Feb 17, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Research reveals genetic link to human intelligence

University of Manchester scientists, working with colleagues in Edinburgh and Australia, have provided the first direct biological evidence for a genetic contribution to people’s intelligence.

Genetics Aug 10, 2011 | 4.4 / 5 (9) | 1 |