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Neuroscience and intelligence refers to the various neurological factors that are partly responsible for the variation of intelligence within species or between different species. A large amount of research in this area has been focused on the neural basis of human intelligence .
One study found that neural efficiency was influenced by sex and task content. The study tried to examine possible sex differences in human brain functioning. It aimed at investigating the relationship between intelligence and cortical activation during the cognitive performance in various versions of a task, using brain imaging techniques.
A review of the neuroscience and intelligence literature concludes that the parieto-frontal integration theory is the best available explanation for human intelligence differences. [ 33 ]
The parieto-frontal integration theory (P-FIT) considers intelligence to relate to how well different brain regions integrate to form intelligent behaviors. The theory proposes that large scale brain networks connect brain regions, including regions within frontal, parietal, temporal, and cingulate cortices, underlie the biological basis of human intelligence.
Richard J. Haier is an American psychologist who has researched a neural basis for human intelligence, psychometrics, general intelligence, and sex and intelligence.. Haier is a professor emeritus in the Pediatric Neurology Division of the School of Medicine at University of California, Irvine.
A 2010 review in Nature Reviews Neuroscience, co-authored by Deary, described research on the neuroscience of intelligence differences. [8] In 2012, the journal Annual Review of Psychology published an overview of the field of intelligence research, authored by Deary.
Network neuroscience is an approach to understanding the structure and function of the human brain through an approach of network science, through the paradigm of graph theory. [1] A network is a connection of many brain regions that interact with each other to give rise to a particular function. [ 2 ]
Human intelligence – Human capacity or ability to acquire, apprehend and apply knowledge; Outline of human intelligence – Overview of and topical guide to human intelligence; Race and intelligence – Discussions and claims of differences in intelligence along racial lines; Sex differences in intelligence – Area of scientific research