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Intelligence
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Who Creates The Innovator?
Is intelligence important to innovation? Who creates the innovator: The parent, the teacher, the mentor, or the innovator themselves? Can passion pay the bills? I tackle these questions and more as I review Tony Wagner's thought provoking book Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People That Will Change The World.
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Jonah Lehrer: The Literary Magician
A review of Imagine: How Creativity Works
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Can ‘Genius’ be Detected in Infancy?
Can high intelligence really be detected in infancy?
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(Almost) Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Creativity
To be creative can be as simple as seeing something everyone else sees, but thinking what no one else thinks about it.
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Personality Influences on Cognitive Training
The outcomes of working memory training depend heavily on personality—particularly neuroticism and conscientiousness.
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The Illusion of Understanding Success
Our tendency to rely on narratives to explain the world distorts our understanding of what it takes to be successful.
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Creativity Is More Like Expertise Than Intelligence
Both expertise and intelligence matter for creativity, but expertise does a much better job.
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A Peek at Human Cognition: How Do You Think About Martha Graham?
Martha Graham’s creative process reveals our own imagining minds.
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Intelligence in the Brain: Conversation with Neuroscientist Rogier Kievit
Neuroscientist Rogier Kievit discusses the neuroscience of intelligence.
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The Need to Believe in the Ability of Disability
Our society has clear expectations regarding students who don’t fit the norm.
