Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Table of Contents - 2007 - Volume 30, Issue 02  

Open Peer Commentary

Selecting between intelligent options

Roi Cohen Kadosha1, Vincent Walsha1 and Avishai Henika2

a1 Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Department of Psychology, University College London, London WC1 N 3AR, United Kingdom. r.cohenkadosh@ucl.ac.uk v.walsh@ucl.ac.uk

a2 Department of Psychology and Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel. henik@bgu.ac.il http://www.icn.ucl.ac.uk/Research-Groups/Visual-Cognition-Group/index.php

Abstract

In this commentary we make two rejoinders to Jung & Haier (J&H). First, we highlight the response selection component in tasks as a confounding variable that may explain the parieto-frontal involvement in studies of human intelligence. Second, we suggest that efficient response selection may be an integral part of the definition of intelligence.

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