Looking Down on Human Intelligence - From Psychometrics to the Brain

* A new book on the controversial subject of intelligence
* Examines what makes some people more intelligent than others
* Reviews evidence from genetics, biology, and psychology
* Written by a leading authority in the subject

Description

What is it about human brains that make some people more intelligent than others? In an authoritative and critical account, Professor Ian Deary reviews historical, cognitive, and biological research on the foundations of human mental ability. Authoritative, thought provoking, and controversial, the book attempts to answer the age old question of why some people seem more clever than others

Readership: Graduates level students in psychology, particularly those with an interest in intelligence and individual differences.

Contents/contributors

* Introduction
* 1 Little 'g' and friends
* 2 Four intelligent reductionists
* 3 The discriminating mind
* 4 Vade-Mecum
* 5 Cake-slicing
* 6 Faster, Smarter
* 7 Quick on the Uptake
* 8 Wisdom from the ages
* 9 Wetware
* 10 Den finger in die wunde legen
* References
* Index