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The neuronal basis of intelligence: A riddle, wrapped in a mystery?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2007

Marko Wilke
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Medicine, University Children's Hospital Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany. [email protected]

Abstract

“Where in the brain is intelligence?” is an intriguing question, and Jung & Haier (J&H) resist the temptation to provide a simple answer. Their concept tries to integrate and transcend previous findings, and, while omitting the contributions from complementary methods, results seem to converge. Whether similarities or differences in such networks are more important, though, is still open for discussion.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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