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Why g matters: The complexity of everyday life

Linda S. Gottfredson
- 01 Jan 1997 - 
- Vol. 24, Iss: 1, pp 79-132
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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.
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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.

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Enhanced classroom interaction and the quality of teaching in practice

Deon Uys
TL;DR: The study conveys the challenges I faced as a student teacher in a career path of initial teacher education aggravated by an unfamiliar education dispensation, my subsequent initiation into my career as a professional teacher, and my quest to remain a scholarly practitioner by enrolling for post graduate teacher education studies.
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The Whole-Brain N-Acetylaspartate Correlates with Education in Normal Adults

TL;DR: It is proposed that late-life WBNAA may be more affected by other factors acting at midlife and later, rather than formal educational attainment, a common proxy for cognitive reserve.
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Importance of Intelligence and Emotional Intelligence for Physicians.

TL;DR: The authors highlighted emotional intelligence (EQ) as an alternative to IQ, but other predictors of success in medicine should be considered as well, and there is not a binary choice between IQ and EQ.

Life Interrupted: An Autoethnographic Exploration of Doctoral Persistence with a Diagnosis of Cancer

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used an autoethnographic approach to examine the factors that lead to successful completion of a doctoral degree after the devastating diagnosis of cancer, and found a strong relationship to spiritual faith as a basis for resilience and persistence.
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Can a Neandertal meditate? An evolutionary view of attention as a core component of general intelligence

Emiliano Bruner, +1 more
- 01 Jul 2022 - 
TL;DR: In this article , the authors consider the paleontological and archaeological evidence that may provide information on the evolution of the human attention system in the human genus and suggest that the parietal cortex experienced a relative enlargement in Neandertals and, most prominently, in modern humans.
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