Getting Spearman off the skyhook: One more in a century (since Thomson, 1916) of attempts to vanquish g

Ian Deary; Simon Cox; Stuart J Ritchie

doi:10.1080/1047840X.2016.1186525

Getting Spearman off the skyhook: One more in a century (since Thomson, 1916) of attempts to vanquish g

Ian Deary (Lead Author), Simon Cox, Stuart J Ritchie

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We provide seven responses to Kovacs and Conway’s wide-ranging theory of intelligence differences. In the first six, we: reflect on the past theories that can be heard in this new one and how they have fared; discuss whether, in their present state, cognitive processes inferred from mental tests can be considered isomorphic with brain processes and can bear explanatory weight in theories of intelligence; and suggest that the positive manifold might be a formative biological latent trait while probably being a reflective psychological one. In the seventh, we attempt to test some hypotheses from Process Overlap Theory in our own Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 data.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	192-199
Journal	Psychological Inquiry
Volume	27
Issue number	3
Early online date	2 Aug 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/1047840X.2016.1186525
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 2 Aug 2016

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How do peripheral and central vascular markers relate to cognitive decline? (Project 8)
Deary, I. (Principal Investigator)
UK-based charities
10/08/15 → 31/08/17
Project: Research
Brain imaging and cognitive ageing in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936: III
Wardlaw, J. (Principal Investigator), Bastin, M. (Co-investigator) & Deary, I. (Co-investigator)
MRC
1/05/15 → 30/04/19
Project: Research
RA2661 Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology Phase 2. Main Budget.
Deary, I. (Principal Investigator), Gale, C. (Co-investigator), Holmes, M. (Co-investigator), Logie, P. (Co-investigator), Maclullich, A. (Co-investigator), Porteous, D. (Co-investigator), Seckl, J. (Co-investigator), Starr, J. (Co-investigator), Wardlaw, J. (Co-investigator) & Okely, J. (Researcher)
1/09/13 → 31/08/19
Project: Research

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How do peripheral and central vascular markers relate to cognitive decline? (Project 8)

Brain imaging and cognitive ageing in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936: III

RA2661 Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology Phase 2. Main Budget.

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