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G but not g: In search of the evolutionary continuity of intelligence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2017

Moran Bar-Hen-Schweiger ,
Avraham Schweiger  and
Avishai Henik
Moran Bar-Hen-Schweiger
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel 84105 moranbar@post.bgu.ac.il
Avraham Schweiger
Affiliation:
Department of Behavioral Sciences, Academic College of Tel Aviv, Israel 61083 schweige@mta.ac.il
Avishai Henik*
Affiliation:
New York City Medical & Neurological Offices, New York, NY 11373 henik@bgu.ac.il http://www.bgu.ac.il/~henik
*
Corresponding author: Avishai Henik
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Abstract

Conceptualizing intelligence in its biological context, as the expression of manifold adaptations, compels a rethinking of measuring this characteristic in humans, relying also on animal studies of analogous skills. Mental manipulation, as an extension of object manipulation, provides a continuous, biologically based concept for studying G as it pertains to individual differences in humans and other species.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e199
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