MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'intelligence (iq)'. Tue, 04 May 2010 18:35:52 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3441094&cid=t_287424_180_f&fid=38610&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.productivity501.com%2Fintelligence-reading-writing-arithmetic%2F6895%2F Conclusion When it comes to making yourself more intelligent, the real gains will come from focusing on the foundational aspects of intelligence. Effort you expend toward increasing your skills in reading, writing and mathematics is going to give you the best return on your investment. These skills can fundamentally change the way you think. Follow Productivity501 on Twitter.. If you liked this, please consider sharing it with others: --- at Productivity501:Reader Question – Smarter PeopleOffline ReadingWhy You Need Personal CapitalDo You Read Enough?Stop Reading on the Internet (Source: Productivity501) Productivity501 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3441094 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:00:22 +0100 3441094 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3272997&cid=t_287424_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2Fxmww43wvlsw%2F (Editor’s Note: contributor Scott Barry Kaufman recently interviewed Daniel Tammet, one of the 100 known prodigious savants living at the present time. Their in-depth conversation –summary and links follow Scott’s reflections below– provoked a powerful reaction in Scott’s mind, as you are about to read). Last night I was eating dinner with my parents back in my hometown in Philadelphia. I was telling them about my interview with Daniel Tammet, and how I was working on a post about my reflections on the interview. My father, who reads everything I write (which can be awkward sometimes!), looked at me and said, plainly and simply, “I see a lot of similarities between you and Daniel, Scott.” Those words were a kind of crystallizing moment for me. I su... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3272997 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:13:06 +0100 3272997 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3157583&cid=t_287424_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FqtPLqziw02M%2F In this study, typically developing students were tested for their IQ and working memory at 5 years old and again when they were 11 years old. They were also tested on their academic attainments in reading, spelling and maths. Findings and Educational Implications The findings revealed that a child’s success in all aspects of learning is down to how good their working memory is regardless of IQ score. Critically, working memory at the start of formal education is a more powerful predictor of subsequent academic success than IQ in the early years. This unique finding is important as it addresses concerns that general intelligence, still viewed as a key predictor of academic success, is unreliable. An individual can have an average IQ score but perform poorly in learning. Some psychologist... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3157583 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:38:48 +0100 3157583 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2511973&cid=t_287424_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fintelligencetesting.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fiq-pipeline-dependability-of-general-g.html The following article, which is a contemporary update (via more sophisticated statistical methodology) and extension of Thorndike's (1987) classic article on the "Stability of Factor Loadings", is now "in press" in the journal Intelligence.Floyd, R., Shands, E., Rafaela, F., Bergeron, R & McGrew, K. (2009, in press). The dependability of general-factor loadings: The effects of factor-extraction methods, test battery composition, test battery size, and their interactions. IntelligenceAbstractTo understand the extent to which the general-factor loadings of tests are inherent in their characteristics or due to the sampling of tests, the number of tests in the correlation matrix, and the factor-extraction methods used to obtain them, test scores from a large sample of young adults were ins... Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2511973 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:43:00 +0100 2511973 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2473707&cid=t_287424_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FibE8_UNvc7g%2F (Editor's Note: interviewing Richard Nisbett, author of the excellent recent book Intelligence and How to Get It: Why Schools and Cultures Count, was in my To Do list. I then found that fellow blogger David DiSalvo was faster than I was and did a great job, so here we bring you David's interview and take). While the debate over intelligence rages on many fronts, the battle over the importance of heredity rages loudest. It’s easy to see why. If the camp that argues intelligence is 75 to 85 percent genetically determined is correct, then we’re faced with some tough questions about the role of education. If intelligence is improved very little by schools, and if the IQ of the majority of the population will remain relatively unchanged no matter how well schools perform, then should school... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2473707 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:27:06 +0100 2473707 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2042803&cid=t_287424_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fintelligencetesting.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F12%2Fisir-post-thoughts-live-blogging-was.html I attended the 9th Annual ISIR conference last week in Decatur, GA.  As usual, another great conference.  Kudos to Doug Detterman and the others who organized the program (click here find the program and names in a prior post).In contrast to my last ISIR conference, I was unable to blog live due to the lack of a wifi signal in the conference room.  I've not yet posted any information as I didn't return until Sunday and it has taken a good day to get back to speed on my work.  My plan is to now start sending out a series of posts.  Some may contain bits and pieces of reports and my thoughts regarding multiple presentations.  Others I plan to put in the form of IQ Scholar Spotlight posts.....reflecting the presence of a particular intelligence scholar at the conference.  I will do my ... Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2042803 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:50:00 +0100 2042803 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2019276&cid=t_287424_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fintelligencetesting.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F12%2Fiq-scholar-spotlight-doug-detterman.html Another IQs Corner IQ Scholar Spotlight - Dr. Doug DettermanDr. Doug Detterman (listed under IQs Corner IQ Scholar section) is a key player in the community of human intelligence scholars. He has been a prolific scholar for many decades. I still recall stumbling upon one of his edited books on intelligence while working on my masters degree in school psychology. There was a chapter he wrote (I believe...my memory could be failing me), with a great touch of humor, re: some laws of individual differences research. Paraphrasing one law I recall...."you put two factor analytists in a room only one will come out alive...or maybe it was no one would come out alive"--reflecting the frequent debates re: how best to conduct factor analysis studies). I wish I could find that chapter now.Doug is prob... Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2019276 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:15:00 +0100 2019276 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1892348&cid=t_287424_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F425646928%2F In yesterday's interview with Michael Posner, he says: - "There is a growing number of studies that show the importance of interaction between our genes and each of our environments. Epigenetics is going to help us understand that question better, but let me share a very interesting piece of research from my lab where we found an unusual interaction between genetics and parenting." - "Good parenting, as measured by different research-based scales, has been shown to build good effortful control which, as we saw earlier, is so important. Now, what we found is that some specific genes reduced, even eliminated, the influence of the quality of parenting. In other words, some children's development really depends on how their parents bring them up, whereas others do not - or do to... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1892348 Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:57:03 +0100 1892348 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1423760&cid=t_287424_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FBreastfeeding123%2F%7E3%2F284802169%2F Researchers just released results from a study of 14,000 children over the course of six-and-a-half years (the abstract claims it’s the largest randomized trial ever conducted in human lactation!) The study attempted to determine whether any associated link between breastfeeding and IQ is due to breastfeeding alone, or the differences between mothers who choose to breastfeed and mothers who formula-feed. To take out the differences between mothers, the 14,000 mother-baby pairs were divided randomly into two different groups, one of which was given encouragement to breastfeed and one of which was not. The encouragement group was more likely to breastfeed and to do so exclusively. Children in the encouragement group scored 5% higher on IQ tests and did better academically. Researchers ... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1423760 Tue, 06 May 2008 17:54:50 +0100 1423760 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1266615&cid=t_287424_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F242968612%2F Are people with autism trapped in their own world? Or are the rest of us just trapped in ours? asks Tara Parker-Pope on the New York Times, regarding the the Wired magazine article on autism featuring Amanda Baggs and Michelle Dawson. Parker-Pope asks a chicken and egg kind of question about autism: Is it a disease and a disability? Or is it a difference, a different way of being human? And who decides—autistic persons themselves, “experts” in autism, those who live with autistic persons—or who should decide? Tags: amanda baggs, asd, asperger, autism, disability, diversity, Intelligence, IQ, michelle dawson, Neuroscience, Parenting, pdd-nos, Technology, wiredShare This (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1266615 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:27:04 +0100 1266615 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1234788&cid=t_287424_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F235556406%2Fbrainy_people_a_to_z.html Learning institutes are endlessly reframing what brainy really means. Who’s smart and who’s not where you work? Some say that IQ makes or breaks genius possibilities …  and is likely fixed at birth. Others stress mental development comes from an ability to learn daily … through observing people ... as well as by setting personal goals for achievement. What do you say?Growing numbers of researchers agree that to be mentally astute ... is to demonstrate a wide variety of intellectual qualities. How many of the A to Z proficiencies below … for instance … describe your brain’s capability?A. – Aware - Brainy people are aware of others, of limitations and of opportunities.B. - Becoming – Brainy people constantly become more of who th... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1234788 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:21:44 +0100 1234788 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1018996&cid=t_287424_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F182889832%2F Conclusion, he writes that - "Flexibility is the hallmark of human evolution...In other mammals, exploration, play and flexibility of behavior are qualities of juveniles, only rarely of adults. We retain not only the anatomical stamp stamp of childhood, but its mental flexibility as well...Humans are learning animals" He then relates this story from T.H. White's novel The Once and Future King - God, he recounts, created all animals as embryos and called each before his throne, offering them whatever additions to their anatomy they desired. All opted for specialized adult features-the lion for claws and sharp teeth, the deer for antlers and hoofs. The human embryo stepped forth last and said: Please God, I think that you made me in the shape which I now have for reasons best know... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1018996 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 00:42:51 +0100 1018996 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1009546&cid=t_287424_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F180670669%2Fdebunk_5_myths_and_intelligenc.html If diversity’s benefits seem missing where you work… why not debunk the following 5 myths, and give differences a chance to ratchet up your bottom line:Myth 1: Business IQ is fixed and a few have more.  Reality: One key condition for more intelligent solutions is tone we foster at work so that the brain’s plasticity can rejuvenate. People’s tone IQ… as well as business IQs, influence how others develop and use more mental acumen on the job.Myth 2: It’s all about gender inabilities. Reality: Rich offerings from gender differences come from the fact that human brains biologically differ in structure and function. Ability attributed to one over the other gender … assumes false hierarchies, and misses huge talents waiting in the wings of b... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1009546 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:09:45 +0100 1009546 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=982916&cid=t_287424_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F175450066%2F An anonymous reader of Andrew Sullivan's blog writes a superb comment, reproduced here: "One thing Watson and others forget is that the brain is highly malleable based on environment. Although he is the father of DNA he knows very little about neuroplasticity and neurogenesis. Previously it was thought that the human brain was 'hardwired' after a certain age. This is not true. Not only is not true, but the human mind is capable of adaptation but actual neuron growth even late in life. Ten years ago this was thought impossible. Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity proves that a nurturing social and family setting shifts IQ, perspective, and emotional IQ. The so-called bell curve isn't genetic. Oppressed Tibetans and Chinese ethnic minorities -whose test scores soar in the United States an... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=982916 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:05:16 +0100 982916 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=882662&cid=t_287424_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F158228410%2F “It’s just a number. It doesn’t really measure what he can do.” I’ve said this to myself more than a few times when considering what Charlie scores on any intelligence tests. His difficulties understanding and using language lead me to think that IQ testing only provides a limited measure of his actual intelligence; in a prevous post, I’ve considered whether a different test than that usually used to test IQ (the Wechsler ) might better reflect what Charlie knows. Last Friday, New York Times columnist David Brooks wrote about the “diminishing influence of I.Q.”: I.Q., in other words, is a black box. It measures something, but it’s not clear what it is or whether it’s good at predicting how people will do in life. Over the past few years,... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=882662 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:14:15 +0100 882662 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=818937&cid=t_287424_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F147475567%2Fwhos_average_if_yourre_not.html Snoopy once told Charlie Brown the only reason he was let into a class was so that the top-two thirds could feel good about themselves. Do you ever feel that way?Today Rowan Manahan in Dublin, asked ... who’s average ...  and Rowan's post made me wonder about this compelling question from a different light. From a Business Week survey on workplace attitudes – Rowan pointed out that 90% of 2000 surveyed middle managers ranked their performance in the top 10%. Executives placed themselves in the top 3%. Would you agree from where you stand? Similarly,  American Management Association surveys came back with 90% senior managers hailing themselves Effective or Highly effective communicators. The problem was, only 3... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=818937 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:36:41 +0100 818937 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=814246&cid=t_287424_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F146608820%2F A few days ago I wrote about how, when a different test for intelligence (Raven’s Progressive Matrices) was used to evaluate autistic children, they scored significantly higher, than when a more “traditional” test was used (the Wechsler). An interesting observation about intelligence and autism is made by psychiatrist Glen Elliot in an August 19th article in the San Francisco Chronicle about Bryna Siegel, director of UCSF’s autism clinic at the Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute: …..mentally retarded people usually achieve superior self-sufficiency than autistic people, even if their IQ is lower. A retarded person with an IQ of 65 can learn to ride a bus, but an autistic person with an IQ of 80 might struggle to do this, Elliott says. If the bus arrives a fe... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=814246 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:51:16 +0100 814246 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=803705&cid=t_287424_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F144886643%2F “He looks so smart.” People say this about Charlie again and again, and variations: “He looks so intelligent in those glasses!” (Charlie used to wear Harry Potteresque prism lenses all the time.) “He seems so smart—-but does he really understand?” I know that Charlie is smart. I also know that, when it comes to an IQ test, Charlie scores very low. Charlie’s minimal expressive language (coupled with the traces of verbal apraxia) and, while Jim and I have long presumed competence in him and feel certain that he understands everything he hears—–however long it takes him to process it—-we have become steadfastly realistic. At his IEP meeting back in June, when we talked about reading, this was in reference to teaching him words ... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=803705 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:15:06 +0100 803705 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=487406&cid=t_287424_122_f&fid=35065&url=http%3A%2F%2Feideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Fmind-of-masters-intelligence-and.html In a recent study of tournament chess players, scientists found that high intelligence and expertise (ELO ranking) had different contributions to brain activation, although both increased speed and performance on chess-related reasoning tasks. High IQ also seemed to confer an additional advantage...the higher the IQ, the more brain efficient, so EEG event-related desynchronisations suggested they also didn't have to work as hard to get correct answers.Superior performance and neural efficiency: impact of intelligence and expertise pdfTechnorati tags: intelligence, IQ, psychology, brain, science, gifted, education, chess, expertiseEide Neurolearning Blog (Source: Eide Neurolearning Blog) Eide Neurolearning Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=487406 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:07:00 +0100 487406