Journal Alert - INTELLIGENCE

> Title:
> An increase of intelligence in Saudi Arabia, 1977-2010
>
> Authors:
> Batterjee, AA; Khaleefa, O; Ali, K; Lynn, R
>
> Source:
> *INTELLIGENCE*, 41 (2):91-93; MAR-APR 2013
>
> Abstract:
> Normative data for 8-15 year olds for the Standard Progressive Matrices
> in Saudi Arabia were obtained in 1977 and 2010. The 2010 sample obtained
> higher average scores than the 1977 sample by .78d, equivalent to 11.7
> IQ points. This represents a gain of 3.55 IQ points a decade over the 33
> year period. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
>
> ========================================================================
>
>
> *Pages: 94-101 (Article)
> *View Full Record: http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=Alerting&SrcApp=Alerting&DestApp=CCC&DestLinkType=FullRecord;KeyUT=CCC:000316520900002
> *Order Full Text [ ]
>
> Title:
> National intelligence and personality: Their relationships and impact on national economic success
>
> Authors:
> Stolarski, M; Zajenkowski, M; Meisenberg, G
>
> Source:
> *INTELLIGENCE*, 41 (2):94-101; MAR-APR 2013
>
> Abstract:
> The relationships between national personality traits and intelligence
> from 51 countries were examined. It was found that extraversion,
> openness to experience and agreeableness measured at the national level
> were significantly and positively correlated with national IQs; however,
> in the regression model only the former two were marginally significant.
> For openness but not extraversion, this corresponds to observations made
> at the individual level. It was also shown that, taken together, Big
> Five traits and IQs of various cultures statistically explained 70% of a
> nation's gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. The most important
> predictors of economic success were intelligence and extraversion, which
> proved to be strongly positively related to GDP. Agreeableness and
> openness to experience, although significantly correlated with GDP, did
> not statistically explain any additional variance of GDP over and above
> IQ and extraversion. The question about causality concerning
> differential variables and a nation's wealth is discussed. The results
> provide new insights into relationships between personality and
> intelligence at the country level. However, uncertainty remains about
> the validity of country-level personality measures. (C) 2012 Elsevier
> Inc. All rights reserved.
>
> ========================================================================
>
>
> *Pages: 102-113 (Article)
> *View Full Record: http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=Alerting&SrcApp=Alerting&DestApp=CCC&DestLinkType=FullRecord;KeyUT=CCC:000316520900003
> *Order Full Text [ ]
>
> Title:
> Life History theory and social deviance: The mediating role of Executive Function
>
> Authors:
> Wenner, CJ; Bianchi, J; Figueredo, AJ; Rushton, JP; Jacobs, WJ
>
> Source:
> *INTELLIGENCE*, 41 (2):102-113; MAR-APR 2013
>
> Abstract:
> The present work examined predicted relations among Life History
> strategies, Executive Functions, socially antagonistic attitudes,
> socially antagonistic behaviors, and general intelligence. Life History
> (LH) theory predicts that Executive Functions and socially antagonistic
> attitudes and behaviors underpin an interrelated and coherent set of
> behavioral strategies (LH strategies) designed to enhance reproductive
> success. Specifically, LH theory predicts a positive relation between
> Executive Functioning and LH strategies; a negative relation between
> socially antagonistic attitudes and behaviors and LH strategies; and
> that Executive Functions mediate relations among LH strategies and
> socially antagonistic attitudes and behaviors. Results from a Structural
> Equation Model (SEM), based on self-reported Life History strategies,
> Executive Functioning, socially antagonistic attitudes and behaviors,
> and general intelligence support these predictions. The structure of the
> model suggests that Executive Functions serve a mediating role in the
> relations between LH strategy and social deviance. (C) 2012 Elsevier
> Inc. All rights reserved.
>
> ========================================================================
>
>
> *Pages: 114-120 (Article)
> *View Full Record: http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=Alerting&SrcApp=Alerting&DestApp=CCC&DestLinkType=FullRecord;KeyUT=CCC:000316520900004
> *Order Full Text [ ]
>
> Title:
> Non-g residuals of the SAT and ACT predict specific abilities
>
> Authors:
> Coyle, TR; Purcell, JM; Snyder, AC; Kochunov, P
>
> Source:
> *INTELLIGENCE*, 41 (2):114-120; MAR-APR 2013
>
> Abstract:
> This research examined whether non-g residuals of the SAT and ACT
> subtests, obtained after removing g, predicted specific abilities. Non-g
> residuals of the verbal and math subtests of the SAT and ACT were
> correlated with academic (verbal and math) and non-academic abilities
> (speed and shop), both based on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude
> Battery. Non-g residuals of the SAT and ACT math subtests were
> positively related to math ability and negatively to verbal ability,
> whereas the opposite pattern was found for the verbal subtests. Non-g
> residuals of both sets of subtests were weakly related to non-academic
> abilities. The results support an investment theory of skills and
> abilities: Investing in skills in one area (e.g., math) improves
> abilities in that area but lowers abilities in competing areas (e.g.,
> verbal). (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
>
> ========================================================================
>
>
> *Pages: 121-128 (Article)
> *View Full Record: http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=Alerting&SrcApp=Alerting&DestApp=CCC&DestLinkType=FullRecord;KeyUT=CCC:000316520900005
> *Order Full Text [ ]
>
> Title:
> On intelligence education and religious beliefs
>
> Authors:
> Ganzach, Y; Ellis, S; Gotlibovski, C
>
> Source:
> *INTELLIGENCE*, 41 (2):121-128; MAR-APR 2013
>
> Abstract:
> A number of authors have suggested that education mediates the negative
> effect of intelligence on religiosity. However, there is very little
> direct evidence for this mediation, and the indirect evidence is
> contradictory. The results of the current paper suggest that, by and
> large, education does not mediate the effect of intelligence on
> religiosity. However, the results also suggest that since education has
> a positive effect on religiosity when religious background is strong and
> a negative effect when religious background is weak, and since
> intelligence has a positive effect on education, the negative effect of
> intelligence on religiosity is stronger when religious background is
> strong than when it is weak. We examine this mediated moderation model
> in two large, nationally representative, databases. (C) 2013 Elsevier
> Inc. All rights reserved.
>
> ========================================================================
>
>
> *Pages: 129-140 (Article)
> *View Full Record: http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=Alerting&SrcApp=Alerting&DestApp=CCC&DestLinkType=FullRecord;KeyUT=CCC:000316520900006
> *Order Full Text [ ]
>
> Title:
> Hippocampal structure and human cognition: Key role of spatial processing and evidence supporting the efficiency hypothesis in females
>
> Authors:
> Colom, R; Stein, JL; Rajagopalan, P; Martinez, K; Hermel, D; Wang, YL;
> Alvarez-Linera, J; Burgaleta, M; Quiroga, MA; Shih, PC; Thompson, PM
>
> Source:
> *INTELLIGENCE*, 41 (2):129-140; MAR-APR 2013
>
> Abstract:
> Here we apply a method for automated segmentation of the hippocampus in
> 3D high-resolution structural brain MRI scans. One hundred and four
> healthy young adults completed twenty one tasks measuring abstract,
> verbal, and spatial intelligence, along with working memory, executive
> control, attention, and processing speed. After permutation tests
> corrected for multiple comparisons across vertices (p<.05), significant
> relationships were found for spatial intelligence, spatial working
> memory, and spatial executive control. Interactions with sex revealed
> significant relationships with the general factor of intelligence (g),
> along with abstract and spatial intelligence. These correlations were
> mainly positive for males but negative for females, which might support
> the efficiency hypothesis in women. Verbal intelligence, attention, and
> processing speed were not related to hippocampal structural differences.
> (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
>
> ========================================================================
>
>
> *Pages: 141-143 (Biographical-Item)
> *View Full Record: http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=Alerting&SrcApp=Alerting&DestApp=CCC&DestLinkType=FullRecord;KeyUT=CCC:000316520900007
> *Order Full Text [ ]
>
> Title:
> Thank you, Arthur Jensen (August 24, 1923-October 22, 2012) OBITUARY
>
> Authors:
> Detterman, DK
>
> Source:
> *INTELLIGENCE*, 41 (2):141-143; MAR-APR 2013
>
> ========================================================================
>
>
> *Pages: 144-145 (Biographical-Item)
> *View Full Record: http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=Alerting&SrcApp=Alerting&DestApp=CCC&DestLinkType=FullRecord;KeyUT=CCC:000316520900008
> *Order Full Text [ ]
>
> Title:
> Arthur Robert Jensen (1923-2012) OBITUARY
>
> Authors:
> Flynn, JR
>
> Source:
> *INTELLIGENCE*, 41 (2):144-145; MAR-APR 2013
>
> ========================================================================
>
>
> *Pages: 146-148 (Biographical-Item)
> *View Full Record: http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=Alerting&SrcApp=Alerting&DestApp=CCC&DestLinkType=FullRecord;KeyUT=CCC:000316520900009
> *Order Full Text [ ]
>
> Title:
> Arthur Robert Jensen, 1924-2012 Obituary
>
> Authors:
> Lynn, R
>
> Source:
> *INTELLIGENCE*, 41 (2):146-148; MAR-APR 2013
>
>