Book contents
- Cambridge Textbook Of Neuroscience for Psychiatrists
- Reviews
- Cambridge Textbook of Neuroscience for Psychiatrists
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Cells
- 2 Neurotransmitters and Receptors
- 3 Basic Techniques in Neuroscience
- 4 Neuroanatomy
- 5 Neural Circuits
- 6 Modulators
- 7 Genetics
- 8 Neurodevelopment and Neuroplasticity
- 8.1 The Development of Brain Structure and Function
- 8.2 Neurodevelopmental Models of Psychiatric Disorders
- 8.3 Attachment
- 8.4 Neuroplasticity
- 8.5 Intelligence and Intellectual Disability
- 9 Integrated Neurobiology of Specific Syndromes and Treatments
- 10 Neurodegeneration
- Index
- References
8.5 - Intelligence and Intellectual Disability
from 8 - Neurodevelopment and Neuroplasticity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 November 2023
Book contents
- Cambridge Textbook Of Neuroscience for Psychiatrists
- Reviews
- Cambridge Textbook of Neuroscience for Psychiatrists
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Cells
- 2 Neurotransmitters and Receptors
- 3 Basic Techniques in Neuroscience
- 4 Neuroanatomy
- 5 Neural Circuits
- 6 Modulators
- 7 Genetics
- 8 Neurodevelopment and Neuroplasticity
- 8.1 The Development of Brain Structure and Function
- 8.2 Neurodevelopmental Models of Psychiatric Disorders
- 8.3 Attachment
- 8.4 Neuroplasticity
- 8.5 Intelligence and Intellectual Disability
- 9 Integrated Neurobiology of Specific Syndromes and Treatments
- 10 Neurodegeneration
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter discusses the concept of intelligence from a neurodevelopmental and evolutionary perspective. I also discuss how measuring intelligence has helped us to refine the definition of intellectual disability, and how understanding intelligence has shed light the nature of the mind and its relationship to cognition and behavioural disturbances as well as to mental illness.
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- Cambridge Textbook of Neuroscience for Psychiatrists , pp. 377 - 385Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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