Creative individuals are remarkable for their ability to adapt to almost any situation and to make do with whatever is at hand to reach their goals. If I had to express in one word what makes their personalities different from others, it’s complexity. They show tendencies of thought and action that in most people are segregated. […]
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STUDY ALERT: People Underestimate the Value of Persistence for Creative Performance
People Underestimate the Value of Persistence for Creative Performance Brian J. Lucas and Loran F. Nordgren Across 7 studies, we investigated the prediction that people underestimate the value of persistence for creative performance. Across a range of creative tasks, people consistently underestimated how productive they would be while persisting (Studies 1–3). Study 3 found that […]
STUDY ALERT: Gender and creativity: an overview of psychological and neuroscientific literature
Gender and creativity: an overview of psychological and neuroscientific literature Anna Abraham Abstract The topic of gender differences in creativity is one that generates substantial scientific and public interest, but also courts considerable controversy. Owing to the heterogeneous nature of the findings associated with this line of research, the general picture often appears puzzling or […]
STUDY ALERT: Family income, parental education and brain structure in children and adolescents
Family income, parental education and brain structure in children and adolescents Kimberly G Noble, Suzanne M Houston, Natalie H Brit, Hauke Bartsch, Eric Kan, Joshua M Kuperman, Natacha Akshoomoff, David G Amaral, Cinnamon S Bloss, Ondrej Libiger, Nicholas J Schork, Sarah S Murray, B J Casey, Linda Chang, Thomas M Ernst, Jean A Frazier, Jeffrey […]
Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined Is Out in Paperback!
Here’s to the kids who are different, The kids who don’t always get A’s The kids who have ears twice the size of their peers, And noses that go on for days . . . Here’s to the kids who are different, The kids they call crazy or dumb, The kids who don’t fit, […]
The Great Secret
My entire childhood I felt as though everyone other than me– parents, teachers, other students– were all in on some great secret. Once I grew older, and started challenging assumptions about myself and the world, I started to realize that it was *I*, who in fact, was in on the great secret. The great secret […]
STUDY ALERT: Fostering and Measuring Skills: Improving Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills to Promote Lifetime Success
Fostering and Measuring Skills: Improving Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills to Promote Lifetime Success Tim Kautz, Baster Weel, James J. Heckman, Lex Borghans, Ron Diris, Lex Borghans This paper reviews the recent literature on measuring and fostering cognitive and non-cognitive skills. IQ tests and achievement tests do not adequately capture non-cognitive skills—personality traits, goals, character, motivations, and preferences that are valued […]
STUDY ALERT: ‘Old wine in new bottles’? Relationships between overexcitabilities, the Big Five personality traits and giftedness in adolescents
‘Old wine in new bottles’? Relationships between overexcitabilities, the Big Five personality traits and giftedness in adolescents Wiesława Limont, Joanna Dreszer-Drogorób, Sylwia Bedynska, Katarzyna Sliwinska, Dominika Jastrze ̨bskaa This study examined the relationship between types of overexcitability (OEs), Big Five dimensions, and giftedness. A sample of intellectually gifted adolescents (N = 132) and controls (N […]
STUDY ALERT: Thinking positively: The genetics of high intelligence
Thinking positively: The genetics of high intelligence Nicholas G. Shakeshaft a, Maciej Trzaskowski a, Andrew McMillan a, Eva Krapohl a, Michael A. Simpson a, Avi Reichenberg a,b, Martin Cederlöf c, Henrik Larsson c, Paul Lichtenstein c, Robert Plomin a,⁎ High intelligence (general cognitive ability) is fundamental to the human capital that drives societies in the […]
STUDY ALERT: Investigating psychotic traits in poets
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STUDY ALERT: Neuroscience and education: myths and messages
Neuroscience and education: myths and messages Paul A. Howard-Jones For several decades, myths about the brain — neuromyths — have persisted in schools and colleges, often being used to justify ineffective approaches to teaching. Many of these myths are biased distortions of scientific fact. Cultural conditions, such as differences in terminology and language, have contributed […]
STUDY ALERT: Autism as a disorder of prediction
Autism as a disorder of prediction Pawan Sinhaa,1, Margaret M. Kjelgaarda,b, Tapan K. Gandhia,c, Kleovoulos Tsouridesa, Annie L. Cardinauxa, Dimitrios Pantazisa, Sidney P. Diamonda, and Richard M. Helda,1 A rich collection of empirical findings accumulated over the past three decades attests to the diversity of traits that constitute the autism phenotypes. It is unclear whether […]