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There is more to fluid intelligence than working memory capacity and executive function

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2006

Dennis Garlick  and
Terrence J. Sejnowski
Dennis Garlick*
Affiliation:
Computational Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA92037. http://www.cnl.salk.edu
Terrence J. Sejnowski*
Affiliation:
Computational Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA92037. http://www.cnl.salk.edu
*
dgarlick@salk.edu
terry@salk.edu
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Abstract

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Although working memory capacity and executive function contribute to human intelligence, we question whether there is an equivalence between them and fluid intelligence. We contend that any satisfactory neurobiological explanation of fluid intelligence needs to include abstraction as an important computational component of brain processing.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , April 2006 , pp. 134 - 135
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006