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Piece of mind; a full systems approach is required

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2007

Caroline Rae
Caroline Rae
Affiliation:
Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, The University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia. c.rae@unsw.edu.auhttp://www.powmri.edu.au/staff/rae.htm
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Abstract

Intelligence studies are confounded by an inability to image the mind, as well as by heterogeneity in intelligence constructs, gender, and age. The ghost (of future, not past) sitting at the table is a molecular one. Biochemistry and molecular biology factors can contribute to or take away from intelligence to a great and not yet fully explored extent.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , April 2007 , pp. 167 - 168
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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