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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Intelligence Predicts Health and Longevity, but Why?
TL;DR: The authors found that intelligence in childhood predicts substantial differences in adult morbidity and mortality, including deaths from cancers and cardiovascular diseases, and that intelligence enhances individuals' care of their own health because it represents learning, reasoning and problem-solving skills useful in preventing chronic disease and accidental injury and in adhering to complex treatment regimens.
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Global Connectivity of Prefrontal Cortex Predicts Cognitive Control and Intelligence
TL;DR: Global connectivity in this LPFC region showed a highly selective relationship with individual differences in fluid intelligence, suggesting LPFC is a global hub with a brainwide influence that facilitates the ability to implement control processes central to human intelligence.
Health Literacy: Report of the Council on Scientific Affairs
Parker Rm,Williams Mv,Weiss Bd,Baker Dw,Davis Tc,Doak Cc,Doak Lg,K. Hein,Meade Cd,J. Nurss,Schwartzberg Jg,Somers Sa,Davis Rm,Riggs Ja,Champion Hc,Howe Jp,Altman Rd,Deitchman Sd,M. Genel,Karlan Ms,Khan Mk,Nielsen Nh,Williams Ma,Young Dc,J. Schwartzberg,Bresolin Lb,Dickinson Bd +26 more
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Intelligence: Is It the Epidemiologists' Elusive "Fundamental Cause" of Social Class Inequalities in Health?
TL;DR: Various bodies of evidence are concatenated to demonstrate that differences in general intelligence (g) may be that fundamental cause of health inequalities.
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Intelligence and leadership: a quantitative review and test of theoretical propositions.
TL;DR: A meta-analysis was used to aggregate results from studies examining the relationship between intelligence and leadership as mentioned in this paper, which indicated that the corrected correlation between the two groups is 1.21 and 1.27, respectively.
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Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Marc H. Bornstein,Howard Gardner +1 more
TL;DR: The ten-year edition of the 10th anniversary edition as mentioned in this paper is devoted to the theory of multiple intelligences and its application in the socialization of human intelligence through Symbols Implications And Applications.
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Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences
TL;DR: The Tenth Anniversary Edition of Intelligence explains the development of intelligence in the 21st Century through the applications of language, linguistics, mathematics, and more.
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Handbook of industrial and organizational psychology
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A nation at risk: the imperative for educational reform
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