Immediate and long-term memory and their relation to crystallized and fluid intelligence - ScienceDirect

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0160289618302654

Monte Carlo Modeling of Contemporary Intelligence Test (IQ) Factor Structure: Implications for IQ Assessment, Interpretation, and Theory - Stefan C. Dombrowski, Ryan J. McGill, Grant B. Morgan,

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1073191119869828

Researchers say a wandering mind may be important to setting goals, making discoveries, and living a balanced life.

Researchers say a wandering mind may be important to setting goals, making discoveries, and living a balanced life.
http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/15-brain-stop-paying-attention-zoning-out-crucial-mental-state?utm_source=dsctwitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dsctwitter

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Developing Proficiency in Standardized Cognitive Assessment Scoring: How Much Is Enough? - Damien C. Cormier, Ethan R. Van Norman, Clarissa Cheong, Kathleen E. Kennedy, Okan Bulut, Martin Mrazik, 2019

Developing Proficiency in Standardized Cognitive Assessment Scoring: How Much Is Enough? - Damien C. Cormier, Ethan R. Van Norman, Clarissa Cheong, Kathleen E. Kennedy, Okan Bulut, Martin Mrazik, 2019
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0829573518765010

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The human imagination: the cognitive neuroscience of visual mental ima

The human imagination: the cognitive neuroscience of visual mental ima
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41583-019-0202-9

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AAIDD Opposes a Proposed Revision to the DSM-5’s Entry for Intellectual Disability

http://aaidd.org/news-policy/news/releases/2019/07/29/aaidd-opposes-a-proposed-revision-to-the-dsm-5-s-entry-for-intellectual-disability

The human imagination: the cognitive neuroscience of visual mental ima

Abstract

Mental imagery can be advantageous, unnecessary and even clinically disruptive. With methodological constraints now overcome, research has shown that visual imagery involves a network of brain areas from the frontal cortex to sensory areas, overlapping with the default mode network, and can function much like a weak version of afferent perception. Imagery vividness and strength range from completely absent (aphantasia) to photo-like (hyperphantasia). Both the anatomy and function of the primary visual cortex are related to visual imagery. The use of imagery as a tool has been linked to many compound cognitive processes and imagery plays both symptomatic and mechanistic roles in neurological and mental disorders and treatments.

The human imagination: the cognitive neuroscience of visual mental ima
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41583-019-0202-9

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Is executive control related to working memory capacity and fluid intelligence?

Abstract

In the last two decades, individual-differences research has put forward 3 cognitive psychometric constructs: executive control (i.e., the ability to monitor and control ongoing thoughts and actions), working memory capacity (WMC, i.e., the ability to retain access to a limited amount of information in the service of complex tasks), and fluid intelligence (gF, i.e., the ability to reason with novel information). These constructs have been proposed to be closely related, but previous research failed to substantiate a strong correlation between executive control and the other two constructs. This might arise from the difficulty in establishing executive control as a latent variable and from differences in the way the 3 constructs are measured (i.e., executive control is typically measured through reaction times, whereas WMC and gF are measured through accuracy). The purpose of the present study was to overcome these difficulties by measuring executive control through accuracy. Despite good reliabilities of all measures, structural equation modeling identified no coherent factor of executive control. Furthermore, WMC and gF-modeled as distinct but correlated factors-were unrelated to the individual measures of executive control. Hence, measuring executive control through accuracy did not overcome the difficulties of establishing executive control as a latent variable. These findings call into question the existence of executive control as a psychometric construct and the assumption that WMC and gF are closely related to the ability to control ongoing thoughts and actions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

Is executive control related to working memory capacity and fluid intelligence?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30958017

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