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J. Intell. | Special Issue : Assessment of Human Intelligence—State of the Art in the 2020s

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J. Intell. | Special Issue : Assessment of Human Intelligence—State of the Art in the 2020s https://ift.tt/ikoJfeE ****************************************** Kevin S. McGrew, PhD Educational & School Psychologist Director Institute for Applied Psychometrics (IAP) https://www.themindhub.com ****************************************** from IQ's Corner https://ift.tt/8qPnmuM via IFTTT https://ift.tt/76eQoFO

How robust is the relationship between neural processing speed and cognitive abilities? - Schubert - Psychophysiology - Wiley Online Library

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 How robust is the relationship between neural processing speed and cognitive abilities? - Schubert - Psychophysiology - Wiley Online Library  https://ift.tt/pIOU3iL Individual differences in processing speed are consistently related to individual differences in cognitive abilities, but the mechanisms through which a higher processing speed facilitates reasoning remain largely unknown. To identify these mechanisms, researchers have been using latencies of the event-related potential (ERP) to study how the speed of cognitive processes associated with specific ERP components is related to cognitive abilities. Although there is some evidence that latencies of ERP components associated with higher-order cognitive processes are related to intelligence, results are overall quite inconsistent. These inconsistencies likely result from variations in analytic procedures and little consideration of the psychometric properties of ERP latencies in relatively small sample studies. Here ...

A meta-analysis on air traffic controllers selection: cognitive and non-cognitive predictors - ScienceDirect

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 A meta-analysis on air traffic controllers selection: cognitive and non-cognitive predictors - ScienceDirect  https://ift.tt/Br2uyfj Abstract This psychometric meta-analysis investigated the relation of cognitive and non-cognitive factors to the training success of Air Traffic Controllers by synthesizing 51 studies ( N  = 65,839). Cognitive factors were classified by Cattel-Horn-Carrol theory. Cognitive composite scores and work samples were also included. Non-cognitive factors consisted of Big Five personality traits, biodata, motivation and non-cognitive composite scores. Medium effect was measured for cognitive factors ( k  = 45,  p  = .37). Quantitative knowledge, processing speed, work sample, short-term working memory, cognitive composite and visuo-spatial processing predictors showed large effects ( p  > .30). Significant moderating effects of criterion nature and period of publication were observed. Initial training (k = 30,  p  = .50) was generally b...

Intelligence Correlates with the Temporal Variability of Brain Networks - ScienceDirect

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 Intelligence Correlates with the Temporal Variability of Brain Networks - ScienceDirect  https://ift.tt/2Q048kB Abstract Intelligence is the ability to recognize and understand objective things, and use knowledge and experience to solve problems. Highly intelligent people show the ability to switch between different thought patterns and shift their mental focus. This suggests a link between intelligence and the dynamic interaction of brain networks. Thus, we investigated the relationships between resting-state dynamic brain network remodeling (temporal variability) and scores on the Wechsler Adult Intelligent Scale using a large dataset comprising 606 individuals. We found that performance intelligence was associated with greater temporal variability in the functional connectivity patterns of the dorsal attention network. High variability in these areas indicates flexible connectivity patterns, which may contribute to cognitive processes such as attention selection. In ad...

J. Intell. | Free Full-Text | Intelligence IS Cognitive Flexibility: Why Multilevel Models of Within-Individual Processes Are Needed to Realise This

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 J. Intell. | Free Full-Text | Intelligence IS Cognitive Flexibility: Why Multilevel Models of Within-Individual Processes Are Needed to Realise This  https://ift.tt/2qpOIG7 Abstract Despite substantial evidence for the link between an individual's intelligence and successful life outcomes, questions about what defines intelligence have remained the focus of heated dispute. The most common approach to understanding intelligence has been to investigate what performance on tests of intellect is and is not associated with. This psychometric approach, based on correlations and factor analysis is deficient. In this review, we aim to substantiate why classic psychometrics which focus on between-person accounts will necessarily provide a limited account of intelligence until theoretical considerations of within-person accounts are incorporated. First, we consider the impact of entrenched psychometric presumptions that support the status quo and impede alternative views. Second, w...

Reassessment of innovative methods to determine the number of factors: A simulation-based comparison of exploratory graph analysis and next eigenvalue sufficiency test. - PsycNET

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 Reassessment of innovative methods to determine the number of factors: A simulation-based comparison of exploratory graph analysis and next eigenvalue sufficiency test. - PsycNET  https://ift.tt/Tf9e1C7 Brandenburg, N., & Papenberg, M. (2022). Reassessment of innovative methods to determine the number of factors: A simulation-based comparison of exploratory graph analysis and next eigenvalue sufficiency test.  Psychological Methods.  Advance online publication.  https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000527 Next Eigenvalue Sufficiency Test (NEST; Achim, 2017) is a recently proposed method to determine the number of factors in exploratory factor analysis (EFA). NEST sequentially tests the null-hypothesis that k factors are sufficient to model correlations among observed variables. Another recent approach to detect factors is exploratory graph analysis (EGA; Golino & Epskamp, 2017), which rules the number of factors equal to the number of nonoverlapping communit...

Wayfinding in Children: A Descriptive Literature Review of Research Methods: The Journal of Genetic Psychology: Vol 0, No 0

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 Large scale spatial navigation is part of Gv domain. Wayfinding in Children: A Descriptive Literature Review of Research Methods: The Journal of Genetic Psychology: Vol 0, No 0  https://ift.tt/6thDJPZ Abstract Wayfinding refers to the process of locating unseen destinations in the spatial environment and is an important spatial skill for children. Despite a growing interest in wayfinding development in children, less attention has been focused on documenting the vast methodological heterogeneity of the existing research body, which impacts the ability to synthesize results across different studies. This review aims to systematically catalog and examine the research methods of the wayfinding development literature. We identified a total of 96 studies that examined 4- to 16- year-old children's wayfinding of unfamiliar, large-scale environments and were published between 1965 and 2020. Based on the environments, we grouped these studies into virtual reality (VR) vs. real-...

Process-oriented intelligence research: A review from the cognitive perspective - ScienceDirect

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 Process-oriented intelligence research: A review from the cognitive perspective - ScienceDirect  https://ift.tt/NzHEUv1 Abstract Despite over a century of research on intelligence, the cognitive processes underlying intelligent behavior are still unclear. In this review, we summarize empirical results investigating the contribution of cognitive processes associated with  working memory capacity , processing speed, and executive processes to intelligence differences. Specifically, we (a) evaluate how cognitive processes associated with the three different cognitive domains have been measured, and (b) how these processes are related to individual differences in intelligence. Consistently, this review illustrates that isolating single cognitive processes using average performance in cognitive tasks is hardly possible. Instead, formal models that implement theories of cognitive processes underlying performance in different cognitive tasks may provide more adequate indica...