Intelligence articles from March 2000

Intelligence archives from March 2000

Working Memory, Short-term Memory, Speech Rate, Word Recognition and Reading Comprehension in Learning Disabled Readers: Does the Executive System Have a Role?(1).
March 1, 2000... The temporary storage of material that has been read is said to depend on working memory (WM, e.g., Baddeley, 1986, 1996; Cantor & Engle, 1993; Just & Carpenter, 1992). Working memory is distinguished from other forms of memory because it...

Calendrical Calculation and Intelligence(1).
March 1, 2000... Calendrical calculation is the talent of naming days of the week corresponding to dates in the past, present and future. It is puzzling why anyone should develop it, as it has no obvious purpose or value. Remarkably, most reported cases are...

The Stability of Individual Differences in Mental Ability from Childhood to Old Age: Follow-up of the 1932 Scottish Mental Survey.
March 1, 2000... INTRODUCTION The stability of individual differences in human mental abilities is of scientific and popular interest (Jensen, 1980). In childhood, it is of interest to discover whether educational initiatives can boost ability levels and...

Negligible Sex Differences in General Intelligence.
March 1, 2000... INTRODUCTION Some issues on sex differences in IQ as an estimate of general intelligence have been prompted by the finding of a significant sex difference in brain size (Ankey, 1992, 1995; DeLacoste, Adesanya, & Woodward, 1990; Lynn, 1994;...

Genetic and Shared Environmental Contributions to the Relationship between the Home Environment and Child and Adolescent Achievement.
March 1, 2000... The association of environmental measures with cognitive development and achievement is well established. For example, measures such as socioeconomic status (SES), family structure, and parental involvement have been consistently shown to be...