INVIVO BRAIN SIZE AND INTELLIGENCE

被引:218
作者
WILLERMAN, L
SCHULTZ, R
RUTLEDGE, JN
BIGLER, ED
机构
[1] UNIV TEXAS,AUSTIN RADIOL ASSOC,AUSTIN,TX 78712
[2] UNIV TEXAS,AUSTIN NEUROL CLIN,AUSTIN,TX 78712
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10.1016/0160-2896(91)90031-8
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
It is widely believed that human brain size and intelligence are only weakly related to each other. Using magnetic resonance imaging, we show that larger brain size (corrected for body size) is associated with higher IQ in 40 college students equally divided by high versus average IQ, and by sex. These results suggest that differences in human brain size are relevant to explaining differences in intelligence test performance. © 1991.
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页码:223 / 228
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