A Galton quote of interest
General impressions are never to be trusted. Unfortunately when they are of long standing they become fixed rules of life and assume a prescriptive right not to be questioned. Consequently…
Ebook: The Scientific Study of General Intelligence: Tribute to Arthur Jensen (Helmuth Nyborg)
Nyborg, Helmuth, ed. The Scientific Study of General Intelligence: Tribute to Arthur Jensen. Access Online via Elsevier, 2003. [Helmuth_Nyborg]_The_Scientific_Study_of_General_I(Bookos.org) And this paper I thought was a book chapter from the…
Intelligence 34(5): Testing multiple intelligence theory
Visser, Beth A., Michael C. Ashton, and Philip A. Vernon. "Beyond g: Putting multiple intelligences theory to the test." Intelligence 34.5 (2006): 487-502. 1. Beyond g Putting multiple intelligences theory…
Paper: Gendered Shopping: A Seven Country Comparison (Ellis et al)
Gendered Shopping A Seven Country Comparison Abstract Studies in Western countries have revealed that women spend more time shopping than do men with the exception of online shopping. To extend…
Review: Missing the Revolution: Darwinism for Social Scientists (Barkow ed.)
[Jerome_H._Barkow]_Missing_the_Revolution_Darwini(Bookos.org) In general, this was a short and interesting read. Made me want to read other material by Anne Campbell. The last chapter is skipable, just as Kanazawa said when…
Paper: School Choice, Universal Vouchers and Native Flight from Local Schools
School Choice, Universal Vouchers and Native Flight from Local Schools ABTRACT Using data from Copenhagen school registers and other sources, I test the hypothesis that Danes are more likely to…
Paper: Characteristics and Problems of the Gifted neural propagation depth and flow motivation as a model of intelligence and creativity
Characteristics and Problems of the Gifted neural propagation depth and flow motivation as a model of intelligence and creativity I only read this paper because it was recommended to me…
Relevance of education and intelligence for the political development of nations: Democracy, rule of law and political liberty (Rindermann 2008)
Relevance of education and intelligence for the political development of nations Democracy, rule of law and political liberty Two relevant effects of education and cognitive ability on politics…
Simple reaction times: decline since Galton, and consistenly favor men
Some time back I read this post http://charltonteaching.blogspot.dk/2012/02/convincing-objective-and-direct.html pointing out that simple reaction times have increased since the late 1800's when Galton first measured them. Since simple reaction times are…
Ripping books from UMDL Text: Leta S. Hollingworth’s Gifted children, their nature and nurture
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/g/genpub/AGE2118.0001.001?view=toc Due to this book repeatedly coming up in conversation regarding the super smart people, it seems to be worth reading. It is really old, and should obviously be out…
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