Human Intelligence and Medical Illness Assessing the Flynn Effect /

There's little doubt that people are growing smarter. This effect is so strong that IQ tests must be renormed periodically to prevent classifying an overabundance of people as geniuses. The question is why is this collective rise in IQ - known as the Flynn effect -occurring? Possible theories t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Steen, R. Grant (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edición:1st ed. 2009.
Colección:The Springer Series on Human Exceptionality
Temas:
Cognitive psychology.
Public health.
Developmental psychology.
Educational sociology.
Psychiatry.
Neurosciences.
Cognitive Psychology.
Public Health.
Developmental Psychology.
Sociology of Education.
Neuroscience.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Are People Getting Smarter?
  • Human IQ and Increasing Intelligence
  • Evolution and Increasing Intelligence
  • Brain Development and Increasing Intelligence
  • Environment and Increasing Intelligence
  • Evidence of Physical Plasticity in Humans
  • Evidence of Mental Plasticity in Humans
  • Evidence of Cognitive Plasticity in Humans
  • Impact of Medical Conditions on Human IQ in the United States
  • Impact of Medical Conditions on Human IQ Worldwide
  • Medical Interventions for Cognitive Impairment
  • Increasing IQ in the United States
  • Increasing IQ and Social Justice.

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