Paper: The Rhetoric and Reality of Gap Closing (Stephen J. Ceci & Paul B. Papierno)

The rhetoric and reality of gap closing—when the “have-nots” gain but the “haves” gain even more. Abstract Many forms of intervention, across different domains, have the surprising effect of widening…

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Paper: Mystical Experiences Occasioned by the Hallucinogen Psilocybin Lead to Increases in the Personality Domain of Openness (Katherine A MacLean, Matthew W Johnson, and Roland R Griffiths)

Mystical Experiences Occasioned by the Hallucinogen Psilocybin Lead to Increases in the Personality Domain of Openness Abstract A large body of evidence, including longitudinal analyses of personality change, suggests that…

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Paper: Musical beauty and information compression: Complex to the ear but simple to the mind? (Nicholas J Hudson)

I was researching a different topic and came across this paper. I was rewatching the Everything is a remix series. Then i looked up som mor relevant links, and came…

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Review: The g Factor (Arthur Jensen)

The g factor, the science of mental ability - Arthur R. Jensen, ebook download pdf free   This is a very interesting book. Without a doubt the best about intelligence…

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Paper: Intelligence and semen quality are positively correlated

Intelligence and semen quality are positively correlated Human cognitive abilities inter-correlate to form a positive matrix, from which a large first factor, called ‘Spearman's g’ or general intelligence, can be…

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