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The Neuroscience of Intelligence

2nd Edition

Part of Cambridge Fundamentals of Neuroscience in Psychology

  • Date Published: July 2023
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9781009295062

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  • This new edition provides an accessible guide to advances in neuroscience research and what they reveal about intelligence. Compelling evidence shows that genetics plays a major role as intelligence develops from childhood, and that intelligence test scores correspond strongly to specific features of the brain assessed with neuroimaging. In detailed yet understandable language, Richard J. Haier explains cutting-edge techniques based on DNA and imaging of brain connectivity and function. He dispels common misconceptions – such as the belief that IQ tests are biased or meaningless. Readers will learn about the real possibility of dramatically enhancing intelligence and the positive implications this could have for education and social policy. The text also explores potential controversies surrounding neuro-poverty, neuro-socioeconomic status, and the morality of enhancing intelligence for everyone.

    • Demonstrates that much of the controversy surrounding intelligence has in fact been resolved by modern neuroscience research
    • Explains advanced concepts in a way that makes them accessible to readers without technical backgrounds
    • Inspires a new optimism about intelligence and its role in readers' everyday lives
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    • Edition: 2nd Edition
    • Date Published: July 2023
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9781009295062
    • length: 332 pages
    • dimensions: 228 x 153 x 18 mm
    • weight: 0.5kg
    • availability: Available

  • Table of Contents

    Preface to first edition
    Preface to second edition
    1. What we know about intelligence from the weigh of studies
    2. Nature more than nurture: the impact of genetics on intelligence
    3. Peeking inside the living brain: neuroimaging is a game change for intelligence research
    4. 50 shades of gray matter: a brain image of intelligence is worth a thousand words
    5. The holy grail: can neuroscience boost intelligence?
    6. As neuroscience advances, what's next for intelligence research?
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  • Author

    Richard J. Haier, University of California, Irvine
    Richard J. Haier is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Irvine, USA. He received a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. He pioneered the use of neuroimaging to study intelligence in 1988 and has given invited lectures at meetings sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the National Academy of Sciences, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the European Molecular Biology Organization, and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. In 2013, he created video lectures, The Intelligent Brain, for The Great Courses. In 2016, he served as President of the International Society for Intelligence Research and became Editor-in-Chief of Intelligence. In 2020, he received the Life Time Achievement Award from the International Society of Intelligence Research. He is the co-editor of The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence and Cognitive Neuroscience (2021) and the co-author of The Science of Human Intelligence (due 2023). Dr. Haier has discussed intelligence research on many podcasts including with Jordan Peterson, Scott Barry Kaufman, and Lex Fridman.

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