Intelligence Networks Discovered in Brain

[leela]

http://www.psypost.org/2015/12/intelligence-networks-discovered-in-brain-for-the-first-time-39937

"Crucially, the scientists have discovered that these two networks – which each contain hundreds of genes – are likely to be under the control of master regulator switches. The researchers are now keen to identify these switches and explore whether it might be feasible to manipulate them. "

 

[Woolie]

@leela, thanks for posting - just discovered your post.

This a strange study, which in some ways is very innovative (the genetics side), but in other ways very old fashioned (the use of the concept of "intelligence"). In Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, we left behind the idea of intelligence years ago, and started to try and unpack the various cognitive skills that might enhance a person's capacity to acquire and process different kinds of information. We talk today about working memory, cognitive inhibitory control, selective and sustained attention.

I wonder why these authors not bother to make contact with this literature?