All posts; Tags Include "Intelligence"
- September 26, 2016
- 07:04 PM
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What is behavior? Baby don’t ask me, don’t ask me, no more
by Piter Boll in Earthling Nature
by Piter Kehoma Boll One of the most difficult concepts to explain in biology is certainly life itself. But I am not here today to talk about the definition of life, but rather of another puzzling concept: behavior. Behavior is the … Continue reading →... Read more »
Bergner, R. (2011) What is behavior? And so what?. New Ideas in Psychology, 29(2), 147-155. DOI: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2010.08.001
Bergner, R. (2016) What is behavior? And why is it not reducible to biological states of affairs?. Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 36(1), 41-55. DOI: 10.1037/teo0000026
Levitis, D., Lidicker, W., & Freund, G. (2009) Behavioural biologists do not agree on what constitutes behaviour. Animal Behaviour, 78(1), 103-110. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.03.018
- August 18, 2016
- 08:54 AM
- 416 views
Wait, let me google it. On the fall (and rise?) of human memory.
by gdw in FictionalFieldwork
Ruins of a memory palace Once upon a time, there were no computers. And yet, even in the ancient days when writing was not widespread, people told gigantic tales or recited poems of epic proportions. Often more than once. Admittedly, they probably changed a bit along the way, but still the plot remained intact. How […]... Read more »
Carvalho JT, & Nolfi S. (2016) Cognitive Offloading Does Not Prevent but Rather Promotes Cognitive Development. PloS one, 11(8). PMID: 27505162
Risko, E., & Gilbert, S. (2016) Cognitive Offloading. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 20(9), 676-688. DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2016.07.002
Storm, B., Stone, S., & Benjamin, A. (2016) Using the Internet to access information inflates future use of the Internet to access other information. Memory, 1-7. DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2016.1210171
- June 8, 2016
- 10:00 AM
- 483 views
Canine Science is Better than Common Sense
by CAPB in Companion Animal Psychology Blog
We need canine science because common sense can lead us astray.Recently I wrote about why science matters to our dogs and cats, based on findings from Dr. Paige Jarreau’s research that suggests science blogs (like this one) may contribute to readers having a better knowledge of science.I thought of this again recently because a comment I often see from readers – on any kind of science story on the internet – is "don’t we know this already? Isn’t it just common sense?"I understand the c........ Read more »
Buttelmann, D., & Tomasello, M. (2012) Can domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) use referential emotional expressions to locate hidden food?. Animal Cognition, 16(1), 137-145. DOI: 10.1007/s10071-012-0560-4
Herron, M., Shofer, F., & Reisner, I. (2009) Survey of the use and outcome of confrontational and non-confrontational training methods in client-owned dogs showing undesired behaviors. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 117(1-2), 47-54. DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2008.12.011
Horowitz, A., Hecht, J., & Dedrick, A. (2013) Smelling more or less: Investigating the olfactory experience of the domestic dog. Learning and Motivation, 44(4), 207-217. DOI: 10.1016/j.lmot.2013.02.002
Howell, T., Toukhsati, S., Conduit, R., & Bennett, P. (2013) The Perceptions of Dog Intelligence and Cognitive Skills (PoDIaCS) Survey. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 8(6), 418-424. DOI: 10.1016/j.jveb.2013.05.005
- June 1, 2016
- 06:50 PM
- 422 views
You Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks (if the Dog Is a Parrot)
by Elizabeth Preston in Inkfish
Like Snapchat abstainers or reluctant Slack users, adult parrots have a hard time learning new tricks. Older birds stay set in their ways while young birds innovate and try new things. Researchers say that's just as it should be—even if it means the grownups miss out on a treat now and then.
Young animals might be better at creative problem-solving because they're fearless and like to explore. On the other hand (or paw, or claw), older animals might do better because they have more knowle... Read more »
Loepelt, J., Shaw, R., & Burns, K. (2016) Can you teach an old parrot new tricks? Cognitive development in wild kaka ( ) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283(1832), 20153056. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.3056
- April 3, 2016
- 03:25 PM
- 575 views
Debunking the Myth of the Sole Genious
by Paco Jariego in Mind the Post
Innovations don’t require heroic geniuses any more than your thoughts hinge on a particular neuron.... Read more »
Muthukrishna, M., & Henrich, J. (2016) Innovation in the collective brain. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 371(1690), 20150192. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0192
- March 29, 2016
- 12:38 PM
- 675 views
These Birds Learn to Recognize Humans They Hate
by Elizabeth Preston in Inkfish
Antarctic seabirds called skuas are so clever that they can recognize individual humans after seeing them only a few times. Some Korean researchers discovered this by messing with the birds' nests and then waiting to get attacked. They're either very brave or have never watched The Birds.
The study took place on Antarctica's King George Island. The animals here didn't evolve around humans. People have only been making appearances on the island since the 1950s or so. Today 10 countr........ Read more »
Lee, W., Han, Y., Lee, S., Jablonski, P., Jung, J., & Kim, J. (2016) Antarctic skuas recognize individual humans. Animal Cognition. DOI: 10.1007/s10071-016-0970-9
- March 11, 2016
- 07:02 AM
- 592 views
Bad brains and bad behavior: A primer for the attorney
by Rita Handrich in The Jury Room
Neurocriminology, say the authors of today’s paper, is “the study of the brain and how it affects antisocial behavior”. When neurocriminology comes to the courtroom, we call it neurolaw and we have blogged about this intersection between neurosciences and law for years. The paper we are posting about today is meant as a primer on […]
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Jorgensen, C., Anderson, N., & Barnes, J. (2016) Bad Brains: Crime and Drug Abuse from a Neurocriminological Perspective. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 41(1), 47-69. DOI: 10.1007/s12103-015-9328-0
- January 30, 2016
- 10:00 PM
- 628 views
Go for it
by Paco Jariego in Mind the Post
Go was considered one of the “grand challenges” in AI research, and the last stronghold of human superiority on board games. Cracking Go is a feat previously thought to be at least a decade away, and it gives credence to the idea that true, general-purpose, strong artificial intelligence may be possible.... Read more »
Silver D, Huang A, Maddison CJ, Guez A, Sifre L, van den Driessche G, Schrittwieser J, Antonoglou I, Panneershelvam V, Lanctot M.... (2016) Mastering the game of Go with deep neural networks and tree search. Nature, 529(7587), 484-9. PMID: 26819042
Searle, J. (2010) Minds, brains, and programs. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 3(03), 417. DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X00005756
- September 30, 2015
- 09:40 PM
- 1,141 views
Does more education mean more, or less, religion? It depends whether you take intelligence into account.
It’s pretty well established now that there is a statistical connection between intelligence and non-belief. The effect is small, but it’s consistent and has been shown many times. Education, however, is a different matter. Some studies show that educated people are more religious, while others find they are less religious. Now there’s an obvious problem [Read More...]... Read more »
Ganzach, Y., & Gotlibovski, C. (2014) Individual differences and the effect of education on religiosity. Learning and Individual Differences, 213-217. DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2014.10.007
- September 15, 2015
- 09:35 AM
- 1,107 views
Questioning Improves Your Learning if You Ask the Right Questions
by Winston Sieck in Thinker Academy
It’s 2AM and you’re cramming for a test tomorrow. The Doritos are all gone and yours is the only light still on. You stare at a richly detailed diagram of the reproductive system and think, “Looks pretty straightforward. I’ll remember this tomorrow.” At show time, that detailed diagram is nothing but a fuzzy blur in…
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Bugg, J., & McDaniel, M. (2012) Selective benefits of question self-generation and answering for remembering expository text. Journal of Educational Psychology, 104(4), 922-931. DOI: 10.1037/a0028661
- September 1, 2015
- 03:30 AM
- 1,329 views
5 Study Skills to Accelerate Your Learning
by Winston Sieck in Thinker Academy
So much to learn. Will it ever end? Nope. You will be learning for the rest of your life. School is simply a kick starter. No matter what path you take in life after school, learning will be part of it. Yet, the forever journey to develop your talents doesn’t have to be nerve-racking or…
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Dunlosky, J., Rawson, K., Marsh, E., Nathan, M., & Willingham, D. (2013) Improving Students' Learning With Effective Learning Techniques: Promising Directions From Cognitive and Educational Psychology. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 14(1), 4-58. DOI: 10.1177/1529100612453266
- August 22, 2015
- 09:54 AM
- 460 views
Early Life Intelligence Linked To Better Physical Fitness in Middle Age
by Marie Benz in MedicalResearch.com
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Rikke Hodal Meincke PhD student Center for Healthy Aging and the Department of Public Health University of Copenhagen Medical Research: What is the background for this study? Response: A sufficient level of physical capability is a precondition … Continue reading →
The post Early Life Intelligence Linked To Better Physical Fitness in Middle Age appeared first on MedicalResearch.com Medical Research Interviews and News.
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Rikke Hodal Meincke. (2015) Early Life Intelligence Linked To Better Physical Fitness in Middle Age. MedicalResearch.com. info:/
- August 11, 2015
- 06:42 PM
- 1,110 views
Intelligence: What it Means to You
by Winston Sieck in Thinker Academy
What does intelligence mean to you? Do you believe you were born with a “smartness score” that’s set for life? Or is intelligence something you can build and grow? Say, by improving your study skills? Now, ask yourself another question – why do you believe that? Where did your ideas about the nature of intelligence…
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Burke, L., & Williams, J. (2012) The impact of a thinking skills intervention on children's concepts of intelligence. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 7(3), 145-152. DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2012.01.001
- August 3, 2015
- 06:25 AM
- 292 views
What your taste in music says about how you think
by TakFurTheKaffe in Tak Fur The Kaffe
Empathetic personalities tend to opt for gentle and sensual music, whilst the more analytical types preferred strong, intense tunes, new research shows.... Read more »
Greenberg DM, Baron-Cohen S, Stillwell DJ, Kosinski M, & Rentfrow PJ. (2015) Musical Preferences are Linked to Cognitive Styles. PloS one, 10(7). PMID: 26200656
- August 1, 2015
- 09:20 AM
- 432 views
Genes May Explain Why Smarter People Live Longer
by Marie Benz in MedicalResearch.com
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Rosalind Arden Centre for Philosophy of Natural & Social Science London School of Economics London MedicalResearch: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Arden: We’ve known for a while that … Continue reading →
The post Genes May Explain Why Smarter People Live Longer appeared first on MedicalResearch.com Medical Research Interviews and News.
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Dr. Rosalind Arden. (2015) Genes May Explain Why Smarter People Live Longer. MedicalResearch.com. info:/
- June 13, 2015
- 10:30 AM
- 801 views
In Praise of (the Right Kind of) Praise
by Winston Sieck in Thinker Academy
Sure, you praise your kids. And they look at you with beaming little faces. Such a warm feeling, if only for a moment. But, is that all there is to praise? What’s simmering in the brain behind those sparkling eyes? It may well depend on the precise nature of the praise you gave. There are […]
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Gunderson, E., Gripshover, S., Romero, C., Dweck, C., Goldin-Meadow, S., & Levine, S. (2013) Parent Praise to 1- to 3-Year-Olds Predicts Children's Motivational Frameworks 5 Years Later. Child Development. DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12064
- June 10, 2015
- 02:54 PM
- 730 views
How Did Humans Learn to Count? Baboons May Offer Clues
by amikulak in Daily Observations
Learning to count comes early in life for humans. Most kids know how to count before they enter formal schooling and the ability to understand basic quantities is fundamental to […]... Read more »
Cantlon, J., Piantadosi, S., Ferrigno, S., Hughes, K., & Barnard, A. (2015) The Origins of Counting Algorithms. Psychological Science, 26(6), 853-865. DOI: 10.1177/0956797615572907
- May 29, 2015
- 07:02 AM
- 825 views
I bought a house that is simply too big and now I have to hire a cleaning service…
by Doug Keene in The Jury Room
Many of us have been taught to self-promote and we may even think others enjoy hearing of our successes. We’ve written about the principle of schadenfreude here before and if you recall those posts you may have already happily predicted that this will be a post about just how annoying those braggarts are to their […]
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Scopelliti I, Loewenstein G, & Vosgerau J. (2015) You Call It "Self-Exuberance"; I Call It "Bragging": Miscalibrated Predictions of Emotional Responses to Self-Promotion. Psychological Science. PMID: 25953948
- May 8, 2015
- 09:30 AM
- 841 views
do memristor chips remember electric sheep?
by Greg Fish in weird things
Humans beware. Our would-be cybernetic overlords made a leap towards hyper-intelligence in the last few months as artificial neural networks can now be trained on specialized chips which use memristors, an electrical component that can remember the flow of electricity through it to help manage the amount of current required in a circuit. Using these specialized chips, robots, supercomputers, and sensors could solve complex real world problems faster, easier, and with far less energy. [...] ...... Read more »
Prezioso, M., Merrikh-Bayat, F., Hoskins, B., Adam, G., Likharev, K., & Strukov, D. (2015) Training and operation of an integrated neuromorphic network based on metal-oxide memristors. Nature, 521(7550), 61-64. DOI: 10.1038/nature14441
- April 15, 2015
- 08:58 AM
- 1,038 views
Take Charge of Your Learning Strategies
by Winston Sieck in Thinker Academy
Do you feel in charge of your own learning? Do you learn well with good teachers and bad? Or even if there isn’t one at all? With the wealth of information available today, you have more opportunity than ever to know nearly anything that is known. You can go out and learn virtually anything you […]
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Pintrich, P. (2004) A Conceptual Framework for Assessing Motivation and Self-Regulated Learning in College Students. Educational Psychology Review, 16(4), 385-407. DOI: 10.1007/s10648-004-0006-x
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