NEURAL MECHANISMS OF INTELLIGENCE

• Authors: Necka E. , Orzechowski J.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The chapter contains a review of research and state-of-the-art knowledge concerning the neural mechanisms of intelligence. The review is divided into four parts, referring to the hypothetical bases of relations between intelligence and structure of the brain or its functions. The following areas of research are therefore discussed: (1) localization of intelligence in the brain, (2) fast and errorless transmission of impulses as a basis of intelligence, (3) intelligence and neural efficiency hypothesis, and (4) the role of brain volume and cranial capacity. The results are judged inconclusive concerning the detailed knowledge of the neural mechanisms of intelligence. Moreover, they seem inconclusive concerning the very essence of intelligence. The authors claim that the body of research under review shows neural correlates of individual differences in intellectual ability rather than mechanisms of intelligence. There is also a suggestion that the knowledge of neural correlates of intelligence is not synonymous with the knowledge of intelligence. The latter needs careful psychological analyses and the use of theoretical constructs introduced by cognitive psychology.

Keywords

EN

BRAIN IMAGING; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; INTELLIGENCE

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences jointly with the Committee on Psychological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Kolokwia Psychologiczne (Psychological Colloquia)
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 14
• Pages: 43-61
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Necka E.

author

Orzechowski J.

• E. Necka, Szkola Wyzsza Psychologii Spolecznej, ul. Chodakowska 19/31, 03-815 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06PLAAAA01743750