Relationships between factors of intelligence and brain volume

Relationships between factors of intelligence and brain volume

The recent explosion of studies aimed at determining the biological basis of intelligence has revealed that cognitive ability has a strong biological substrate. This study expands on this literature by examining the relation between cognitive ability and MRI-measured brain volume and head size in a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Personality and individual differences 2000-12, Vol.29 (6), p.1095-1122
Hauptverfasser: Wickett, John C, Vernon, Philip A, Lee, Donald H
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Biological and medical sciences
Brain size
Brain volume
Cognition. Intelligence
Cognitive abilities
Cognitive factors
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Head size
Intellectual and cognitive abilities
Intelligence
Magnetic resonance imaging
MRI
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
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Zusammenfassung:The recent explosion of studies aimed at determining the biological basis of intelligence has revealed that cognitive ability has a strong biological substrate. This study expands on this literature by examining the relation between cognitive ability and MRI-measured brain volume and head size in a sample of adult male siblings recruited from the London, Ontario community in Canada. It was found that brain volume correlated with IQ at 0.35 ( P
ISSN:0191-8869
1873-3549
DOI:10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00258-5