Whole Brain Size and General Mental Ability: A Review
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Whole Brain Size and General Mental Ability: A Review
We review the literature on the relation between whole brain size and general mental ability (GMA) both within and between species. Among humans, in 28 samples using brain imaging techniques, the mean brain size/GMA correlation is 0.40 (N = 1,389; p < 10(-10)); in 59 samples using external head size measures it is 0.20 (N = 63,405; p < 10(-10)). In 6 samples using the method of correlated vecto...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Neuroscience
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0020-7454,1543-5245
DOI: 10.1080/00207450802325843