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21 - Vertical and Horizontal Levels of Analysis in the Study of Human Intelligence

from Part V - Translating Research on the Neuroscience of Intelligence into Action

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2021

By
Robert J. Sternberg
Edited by
Aron K. Barbey ,
Sherif Karama  and
Richard J. Haier
Aron K. Barbey
Affiliation:
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Sherif Karama
Affiliation:
McGill University, Montréal
Richard J. Haier
Affiliation:
University of California, Irvine
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Summary

Neuroscientific theories of intelligence view intelligence as localized in the brain (e.g., Barbey, 2018; Duncan et al., 2000; Haier, 2016). It would be hard to disagree with the idea that intelligence is somehow localized in the brain. Aside from reflexes, intelligent human behavior emanates from the brain, which in turn is affected by a variety of bodily systems. But is intelligence 100% biological, as Haier (2016) at least claims, or is there some benefit in viewing intelligence through a larger lens? Is the argument over whether intelligence is 100% biological even worth having?

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The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence and Cognitive Neuroscience , pp. 416 - 433
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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