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On images from correlations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2007

Sarah Norgate  and
Ken Richardson
Sarah Norgate
Affiliation:
Psychology Directorate, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, M6 6PU, United [email protected]
Ken Richardson
Affiliation:
Tighnabruaich, Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross, PH15 2BS, United Kingdom. [email protected]:80/pp.jsp?NorgateSarah1374
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Abstract

The difficulty of making reliable interpretation from a dense cloud of unreliable correlations means that the grounds for making a testable “biological,” or brain-based, theory of intelligence remain very shaky. We briefly discuss the conceptual and methodological problems that arise and suggest one possible alternative interpretation of the data.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , April 2007 , pp. 162 - 163
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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