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Selecting between intelligent options

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2007

Roi Cohen Kadosh ,
Vincent Walsh  and
Avishai Henik
Roi Cohen Kadosh
Affiliation:
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Department of Psychology, University College London, London WC1 N 3AR, United Kingdom. r.cohenkadosh@ucl.ac.ukv.walsh@ucl.ac.uk
Vincent Walsh
Affiliation:
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Department of Psychology, University College London, London WC1 N 3AR, United Kingdom. r.cohenkadosh@ucl.ac.ukv.walsh@ucl.ac.uk
Avishai Henik
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel. henik@bgu.ac.ilhttp://www.icn.ucl.ac.uk/Research-Groups/Visual-Cognition-Group/index.php
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Abstract

In this commentary we make two rejoinders to Jung & Haier (J&H). First, we highlight the response selection component in tasks as a confounding variable that may explain the parieto-frontal involvement in studies of human intelligence. Second, we suggest that efficient response selection may be an integral part of the definition of intelligence.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , April 2007 , pp. 155
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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