Intelligence and the Brain: Solving the Mystery of Why People Differ in IQ and How a Child Can Be a Genius (Psychological Testing Measurem)
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Intelligence and the Brain: Solving the Mystery of Why People Differ in IQ and How a Child Can Be a Genius (Psychological Testing Measurem)
Presenting a breakthrough new explanation of human intelligence-one rigorously based on the latest scientific discoveries-this book turns the corner and finally provides a resolution to the hot debate over intelligence. Intelligence and the Brain does this by rejecting some of the most common beliefs about intelligence, including that intelligence should be defined by behavior or that intelligence is just memory. Instead, it argues that intelligence reflects the ability to understand. It then us
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Fascinating,
This is a fascinating book. Dennis Garlick is critical of current approaches to intelligence on both sides of the debate, suggesting that they have really lost sight of the original issue. Rather than arguing for either the genes or the environment, he argues that both play a critical role. But this is more than your standard interactionist argument. He gets into the mechanisms underlying intelligence, relating them to specific processes in the brain. I really liked his explanation of memory in terms of auto-associative networks. This has been done before, but his take on it really simplifies it. But the real strength of the book is dealing with the role of abstraction in human intelligence. I think there are few people who would deny that ability to abstract is central to human intelligence, but other books on the brain or intelligence tend to ignore abstraction. Not only does he emphasize the role of abstraction, but he looks at how the brain is able to perceive abstractions.
I also found his argument that computers are not a good model for human intelligence to be long overdue. He also goes through the basics of IQ testing, dispelling a number of myths. In some parts he probably doesn’t have enough evidence to completely make his argument but there is still a lot of thought-provoking material here. Highly recommended.
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|A thoughtful dissection, very highly recommended,
The same mental potential resides within us all. “Intelligence and the Brain: Solving the Mystery of Why People Differ in IQ and How a Child Can be a Genius” is an analysis of human intelligence. Stating that intelligence ultimately boils down to the ability to understand, and the vitalness of early childhood in producing and encouraging intelligence. “Intelligence and the Brain” is a thoughtful dissection, very highly recommended.
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|Anyone interested in how the brain works or intelligence needs to read this book,
There are so many books on the brain, but what they don’t do is look at the underlying mechanisms that lead to human intelligence. They will try and argue that particular brain regions are important, or that the genes or the environment are most important. But these books don’t explain how the brain works. Dennis Garlick goes beyond what these books do and uses recent brain research to show how the brain actually produces intelligence. Most impressive is the range of evidence he considers. Many books on the brain simply ignore IQ. He doesn’t say that IQ is all of intelligence, but he does say that any book that explains intelligence needs to deal with IQ. This is essential as IQ testing provides important evidence on human intelligence that he uses to better understand how the brain works. The result is a theory that makes intuitive sense and seems obvious in hindsight. Anyone who wants to be fully informed about the intelligence debate needs to read this book.
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