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Can the Parieto-Frontal Integration Theory be extended to account for individual differences in skilled and expert performance in everyday life?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2007

Roy W. Roring ,
Kiruthiga Nandagopal  and
K. Anders Ericsson
Roy W. Roring
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1270. [email protected]@[email protected]
Kiruthiga Nandagopal
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1270. [email protected]@[email protected]
K. Anders Ericsson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1270. [email protected]@[email protected]
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Abstract

Performance on abstract unfamiliar tasks used to measure intelligence has not been found to correlate with individual differences in highly skilled and expert performance. Given that cognitive and neural structures and regions mediating performance change as skill increases, the structures highlighted by parieto-frontal integration theory are unlikely to account for individual differences in skilled cognitive achievement in everyday life.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , April 2007 , pp. 168 - 169
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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