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Exploring Intelligence
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Cover; Exploring Intelligence; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)
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Masthead; Exploring Intelligence; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)
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Intelligence Considered; Exploring Intelligence; by Yam; 6 Page(s)
What does it mean to have
brainpower? A search for
a definition of intelligence
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How Intelligent Is Intelligence Testing; Exploring Intelligence; by Sternberg; 6 Page(s)
Conventional measures, such as SATs and IQ tests, miss critical abilities essential to academic and professional success
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A Multiplicity of Intelligences; Exploring Intelligence; by Gardner; 6 Page(s)
Rather than having just an intelligence defined by IQ,
humans are better thought of as having eight, maybe nine, kinds of intelligences, including musical, spatial and kinesthetic
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The General Intelligence Factor; Exploring Intelligence; by Gottfredson; 6 Page(s)
Despite some popular
assertions, a single factor
for intelligence, called g,
can be measured with IQ
tests and does predict
success in life
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For Whom Did the Bell Curve Toll?; Exploring Intelligence; by Beardsley; 2 Page(s)
The most controversial
social science book in
decades shook up
readers. Researchers
are less easily
impressed
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Seeking "Smart" Drugs; Exploring Intelligence; by Holloway; 6 Page(s)
New treatments for Alzheimer's disease and other neural disorders are pointing to drugs that could boost memory in
young, healthy individuals
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The Emergence of Intelligence; Exploring Intelligence; by Calvin; 7 Page(s)
Language, foresight, musical skills and other hallmarks
of intelligence may all be linked to the human ability
to create rapid movements such as throwing
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Reasoning in Animals; Exploring Intelligence; by Gould, Gould; 8 Page(s)
A mounting body of
evidence suggests that a
number of species can infer
concepts, formulate plans
and employ simple logic in
solving problems
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Talking with Alex: Logic and Speech in Parrots; Exploring Intelligence; by Pepperberg; 6 Page(s)
Parrots were once thought to be no more than excellent mimics, but research is showing that they understand what they say. Intellectually, they rival great apes and marine mammals
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Can Animals Empathize? Yes; Exploring Intelligence; by Gallup, Jr., Povinelli; 5 Page(s)
Yes: Animals that pass the mirror
test are self-aware and thus
can infer the states of mind
of another individual; Maybe not: Even though chimpanzees pass the mirror test, they do not seem to conceive of others' - or even their own - mental states
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Computers, Games and the Real World; Exploring Intelligence; by Ginsberg; 6 Page(s)
More than just competing with people, game-playing
machines complement human thinking by offering
alternative methods to solving problems
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Wearable Intelligence; Exploring Intelligence; by Pentland; 6 Page(s)
Miniature computers built into clothes,
shoes and eyeglasses may become the
"smartest" new fashion accessories
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Is There Intelligent Life Out There?; Exploring Intelligence; by Lemarchand; 9 Page(s)
Making first contact
is equivalent to
finding a needle in
a haystack 35 times
the size of Earth.
Actively sending
announcements to
introduce ourselves
may be the best way
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