It sounds like a premature generalization to say that because several tasks
activated one area that it validates a g-factor of intelligence. Given the
role of working memory across complex tasks and the importance of
dorsolateral PFC in working memory, couldn't a working memory impairment
account for those findings?
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zombywuf <zombywuf at 4thenet.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> Jure <jure.sah at guest.arnes.si> wrote in message
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> > Thursday, July 20, 2000, 22:01:22 pdt
> > Scientists measuring blood flow to regions of the brain have found that
> > one particular area (the frontal lateral cortex) was stimulated when
> > performing complex tasks. Even tasks that required a wide range of
> > cognitive functions did not stimulate numerous regions of the brain, as
> > some scientists predicted. This finding gives credence to the highly
> > controversial idea of a "g" factor (generalized intelligence), as
> > advocated in The Bell Curve.
>> Only a fool would think so. How big's your front lateral cortex?
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