What is the neurobiological basis of human intelligence? The brains of some people seem
to be more efficient than those of others. Understanding the biological foundations of these …

The scientific study of the biological basis of intelligence has been contributing to our
understanding of individual differences in cognitive abilities for decades. In particular, the …

There is no longer any controversy about whether there is a genetic component to
intelligence (Bouchard, 2009; Deary, Johnson, & Houlihan, 2009). Since genes work …

Determining the brain properties that make people 'brainier'has moved well beyond early
demonstrations that increasing intelligence correlates with increasing grey and white matter …

Neuroscience is contributing to an understanding of the biological bases of human
intelligence differences. This work is principally being conducted along two empirical fronts …

The causes of variation in human potential—for attributes like intelligence, and educational
and occupational achievement—are always in ter est ing. The expression “fulfilling our …

Variance in IQ is associated with a wide range of health outcomes, and 1% of the population
are affected by intellectual disability. Despite a century of research, the fundamental neural …

With the advancement of image acquisition and analysis methods in recent decades, unique
opportunities have emerged to study the neuroanatomical correlates of intelligence …

It is generally assumed that human intelligence relies on efficient processing by neurons in
our brain. Although grey matter thickness and activity of temporal and frontal cortical areas …

Individual differences in human intelligence, as assessed using cognitive test scores, have a
well-replicated, hierarchical phenotypic covariance structure. They are substantially stable …