Why g matters: The complexity of everyday life
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In this paper, the authors provide evidence that intelligence has pervasive utility in work settings because it is essentially the ability to deal with cognitive complexity, in particular, with complex information processing, and the more complex a work task, the greater the advantages that higher g confers in performing it well.About:
This article is published in Intelligence.The article was published on 1997-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1300 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Everyday life & Cognitive complexity.read more
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Is there a “g-neuron”? Establishing a systematic link between general intelligence (g) and the von Economo neuron
TL;DR: It is concluded that the VENs might contribute to individual differences in g by rapidly inducing the coherence of neuronal oscillations within a functionally invariant parieto-frontal network underlying higher-order cognition, thereby facilitating mental efficiency.
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Prediction of human adaptation and performance in underwater environments.
Joaquín Colodro Plaza,Enrique Javier Garcés de Los Fayos Ruiz,Juan José López García,Lucía Colodro Conde +3 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the predictive validity of general mental ability and personality traits with regression techniques to predict underwater performance and adaptation in scuba divers, and found that individual differences are related to the probability of successful adaptation and effective performance in professional diving.
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No evidence for general intelligence in a fish
TL;DR: This paper showed that wild-caught cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus, a fish species otherwise known for its highly sophisticated social behaviour, completely lacks g when tested on ecologically non-relevant tasks and in none of the tasks did fish caught from a high population density site outperform fish from a low density site.
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Neurodevelopmental outcome of patients with congenital gastrointestinal malformations: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Daniëlle Roorda,Marsh Königs,Laurens D. Eeftinck Schattenkerk,Lideke van der Steeg,Ernest van Heurn,Jaap Oosterlaan +5 more
TL;DR: This paper showed that children with Congenital Gastric Malformations exhibit impairments in neurodevelopmental outcome, highlighting the need for routine screening of neurodevelopment during follow-up.
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