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Fluid intelligence as cognitive decoupling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2006

Keith E. Stanovich
Keith E. Stanovich*
Affiliation:
Department of Human Development and Applied Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, OntarioM5S 1V6, Canadahttp://tortoise.oise.utoronto.ca/~kstanovich/index.html
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Abstract

The dissociation of fluid cognitive functions from g is implicit in the Cattell-Horn-Carroll gF-gC theory. Nevertheless, Blair is right that fluid functions are extremely important. I suggest that the key mental operation assessed by measures of gF is the ability to sustain mental simulation while keeping the relevant representations decoupled from the actual world – an ability that underlies all hypothetical thinking.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , April 2006 , pp. 139 - 140
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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