Abstract:Intelligence is a general mental capacity that encompasses the ability to plan, problem-solve, reason, think abstractly and comprehend complex relations between concepts. Measured via complex, multistep reasoning tasks, individual differences in intelligence scores are highly predictive of a number of crucial life outcomes. Despite many decades of research, however, the neural bases of intelligence and reasoning abilities are not well understood. Early neuroimaging and lesion studies suggested that regions of … Show more
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