| Author | : Edgar Arnold Doll |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 148 |
| Release | : 1920 |
| Genre | : Educational tests and measurements |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Yong-Kyu Kim |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 557 |
| Release | : 2009-03-25 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 0387767274 |
This handbook provides research guidelines to study roles of the genes and other factors involved in a variety of complex behaviors. Utilizing methodologies and theories commonly used in behavior genetics, each chapter features an overview of the selected topic, current issues, as well as current and future research.
| Author | : Carmen Flores-Mendoza |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 131 |
| Release | : 2018-06-20 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 3319899759 |
This book presents the results of the most complete and updated assessment of cognitive resources of students in Latin America: the Study of Latin American Intelligence (SLATINT). During four years, top researchers of the region used a standardized set of cognitive measures to assess 4,000 students aged between 14 and 15 years from six countries: Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Colombia and Peru. The data collected and now analyzed in this volume is a first step to understand the human cognitive capital of the region, a crucial resource for any country today. Intelligence research has shown that the cognitive skills of a population are strongly associated with the school performance of its students and the development of a nation. This makes Intelligence Measurement and School Performance in Latin America a valuable tool both for Latin American researchers and authorities engaged in the improvement of each country’s human resources and for psychologists, educators and other social scientists dedicated to the study of the impact of intelligence in the development of nations.
| Author | : Norbert Jaušovec |
| Publisher | : Academic Press |
| Total Pages | : 344 |
| Release | : 2017-01-30 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 0128134305 |
The finding that working memory training can increase fluid intelligence triggered a great number of cognitive training studies, the results of which have been fiercely debated among experts. The finding also prompted a surge of commercial versions of these working memory training programs. Increasing Intelligence overviews contemporary approaches and techniques designed to increase general cognitive ability in healthy individuals. The book covers behavioral training and different electrical stimulation methods such as TMS, tDCS, tACS, and tRNS, along with alternative approaches ranging from neurofeedback to cognitive-enhancing drugs. It describes crucial brain features that underlie intelligent behavior and discusses theoretical and technical shortcomings of the reported studies, then goes on to suggest avenues for future research and inquiry. - Summarizes the history of attempts to raise intelligence - Describes the intelligence construct and the cognitive mechanisms thought to be at the core of intellectual functioning - Provides an overview of the neurobiological underpinnings of intelligence - Discusses the efficacy and limitations of behavioral training approaches and brain stimulation methods aiming to increase performance on working memory and intelligence tests - Examines the effects of neurofeedback, exercise, meditation, nutrition, and drugs on cognitive enhancement
| Author | : Richard Lynn |
| Publisher | : Praeger |
| Total Pages | : 328 |
| Release | : 2002-02-28 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : |
Argues that a significant part of the gap between rich and poor countries is due to differences in national intelligence.
| Author | : Gisli H. Gudjonsson |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 704 |
| Release | : 2003-05-27 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 0470857943 |
This volume, a sequel to The Psychology of Interrogations, Confessions and Testimony which is widely acclaimed by both scientists and practitioners, brings the field completely up-to-date and focuses in particular on aspects of vulnerability, confabulation and false confessions. The is an unrivalled integration of scientific knowledge of the psychological processes and research relating to interrogation, with the practical investigative and legal issues that bear upon obtaining, and using in court, evidence from interrogations of suspects. * Accessible style which will appeal to academics, students and practitioners * Authoritative integration of theory, research, practical implications and vivid case illustration * Coverage of topical issues like confabulation, false memory, and false confessions Part of the Wiley Series in The Psychology of Crime, Policing and Law
| Author | : Nicola Call |
| Publisher | : A&C Black |
| Total Pages | : 151 |
| Release | : 2003-01-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 185539121X |
The practical brain-based techniques described in this book include:? Introducing children to mind mapping? How to use music to maximise learning? Teaching and learning through movement? Fostering the beginnings of group work? Managing behaviour positively? Helping children to develop good attention skills? Talking the language of learning? Addressing children's physical needs? Teaching through VAK ? visual, auditory and kinaesthetic ? means? Engaging the multiple intelligencesAlongside theory, the book gives clear and practical guidance for busy practitioners who want suggestions of ways to implement brain-based techniques. Numerous practical ideas are given to suggest where to start, whilst Mini-Brainy characters illustrate key points throughout the text. Additionally a number of informative, and often amusing, snippets of information about the brain and learning are given in boxes called Fascinating Facts. Examples from a wide variety of settings give an overview of how brain-based techniques can be used to enrich the learning experience of all young children ? which is described in the book as a learning adventure. The experience of practitioners using The Thinking Child will be as exciting as that of the children, as they embark upon this brain-based learning adventure together.
| Author | : David J. Armor |
| Publisher | : Transaction Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 252 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 9780765801852 |
The "nature versus nurture" controversy dates back to at least the nineteenth century. How much of a role does genetics or environment play in accounting for reasoning skill and other intellectual aptitudes? Maximizing Intelligence, now in paperback, convincingly argues that both environment and genetics play a role in a child's intelligence, but family environment, especially at an early age, is of primary importance--and suggests how intelligence may be heightened.
