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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Preliminary Real-World Evidence That Average Human Intelligence Really is Rising
TL;DR: For instance, this paper examined the domain of chess and found that the median age of the top 50 players dropped from 38 years old in the 1970's to 29 in 1995, and the proportion aged under 25 more than doubled.
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The search for worthy leadership.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a model of leadership called "worthy leadership," defined as "the ability to guide, direct, or influence people in a way that has great merit, character, and value." The model, which derived from the authors' experiences consulting with and assessing senior leaders combined with existing research findings, encompasses three major constructs.
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Declining inequality? The changing impact of socio-economic background and ability on education in Australia
Gary N. Marks,Julie McMillan +1 more
TL;DR: These issues are addressed using data from six Australian youth cohorts born between 1961 and the mid-1980s, finding that socio-economic inequalities in education have not declined despite increases in educational participation.
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Intelligence and handedness: Meta-analyses of studies on intellectually disabled, typically developing, and gifted individuals.
TL;DR: Elevated levels of atypical handedness were found to be robust only for the ID to TD comparison, constrain the range of acceptable theories on the handedness distribution for different intelligence levels.
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Dual N-Back Working Memory Training in Healthy Adults: A Randomized Comparison to Processing Speed Training.
TL;DR: It is suggested that dual n-back working memory training may not benefit working memory or fluid intelligence in healthy adults in this population of middle-aged adults.
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