Abstract
IQ scores are correlated with the morphology and activity of certain neurons in the human temporal cortex.
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Related research article Goriounova NA, Heyer DB, Wilbers R, Verhoog MB, Giugliano M, Verbist C, Obermayer J, Kerkhofs A, Smeding H, Verberne M, Idema S, Baayen JC, Pieneman AW, de Kock CP, Klein M, Mansvelder HD. 2018
Scientists have been working out ways to quantify our ability to take in knowledge and apply it to new situations – in other words, our intelligence. They have explored the characteristics of the human brain that contribute to individual differences in performance on such tasks
Universiteit Amsterdam and colleagues report that the microscopic anatomy of neurons and their physiological characteristics are linked to individual differences in scores (Figure 1; Goriounova et al, 2018)
Summary
Related research article Goriounova NA, Heyer DB, Wilbers R, Verhoog MB, Giugliano M, Verbist C, Obermayer J, Kerkhofs A, Smeding H, Verberne M, Idema S, Baayen JC, Pieneman AW, de Kock CP, Klein M, Mansvelder HD. 2018. They have explored the characteristics of the human brain that contribute to individual differences in performance on such tasks. Some studies have shown that total brain size is correlated with the level of intelligence; other work has revealed that intellect is related to having better connections between specific brain regions, such as the prefrontal and parietal cortices (McDaniel, 2005; Hearne et al, 2016).
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