Cybernetic Big Five Theory Colin G. DeYoung Cybernetics, the study of goal-directed, adaptive systems, is the best framework for an integrative theory of personality. Cybernetic Big Five Theory attempts to provide a comprehensive, synthetic, and mechanistic explanatory model. Constructs that describe psychological individual differences are divided into personality traits, reflecting variation in the parameters of […]
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STUDY ALERT: Deliberate Practice and Performance in Music, Games, Sports, Education, and Professions: A Meta-Analysis
Deliberate Practice and Performance in Music, Games, Sports, Education, and Professions: A Meta-Analysis Brooke N. Macnamara, David Z. Hambrick, and Frederick L. Oswald Abstract More than 20 years ago, researchers proposed that individual differences in performance in such domains as music, sports, and games largely reflect individual differences in amount of deliberate practice, which was […]
STUDY ALERT: The relationship among geometry, working memory, and intelligence in children
The relationship among geometry, working memory, and intelligence in children David Giofrè, Irene Cristina Mammarella, Cesare Cornoldi Although geometry is one of the main areas of mathematical learning, the cognitive processes underlying geometry-related academic achievement have not been studied in detail. This study explored the relationship among working memory (WM), intelligence (g factor), and geometry […]
STUDY ALERT: Dual-Process Theories of Higher Cognition: Advancing the Debate
Dual-Process Theories of Higher Cognition: Advancing the Debate Jonathan St. B. T. Evans1 and Keith E. Stanovich Dual-process and dual-system theories in both cognitive and social psychology have been subjected to a number of recently published criticisms. However, they have been attacked as a category, incorrectly assuming there is a generic version that applies to […]
STUDY ALERT: Psychoticism and salience network morphology
Psychoticism and salience network morphology Rajeev Krishnadas, Lena Palaniyappan, Jason Lang, John McLean, Jonathan Cavanagh The concept of salience is increasingly recognised to be fundamental to understand the neural basis of information processing. A large-scale brain network called the salience network, anchored in the anterior insula and anterior cingulate cortex, performs a key function in […]
STUDY ALERT: The Dark Triad and the seven deadly sins
The Dark Triad and the seven deadly sins Livia Veselka, Erica A. Giammarco, Philip A. Vernon The present study reports on the development and validation of the Vices and Virtues Scales (VAVS), which assesses individual differences in the propensity to engage in the seven deadly sins. Item-level analyses, exploratory factor analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis […]
STUDY ALERT: Unpacking grit: Motivational correlates of perseverance and passion for long-term goals
Unpacking grit: Motivational correlates of perseverance and passion for long-term goals Katherine R. Von Culina, Eli Tsukayamab and Angela L. Duckworthb In two cross-sectional studies, we explored the motivational orientations correlates of the character strength of grit and its two component facets: perseverance of effort and consistency of interests over time. Specifically, we examined how […]
STUDY ALERT: The Entire Intelligence-Expertise Debate (UPDATED)
Click here to download the entire intelligence-expertise debate Contents: 1 Introduction to the intelligence special issue on the development of expertise: is ability necessary? Douglas K. Detterman Target Papers: 2 Experts are born, then made: Combining prospective and retrospective longitudinal data shows that cognitive ability matters Jonathan Wai 3 Putting practice into perspective: Child prodigies […]
REVIEW PAPER: The default network and self-generated thought
The default network and self-generated thought: component processes, dynamic control, and clinical relevance Jessica R. Andrews-Hanna, Jonathan Smallwood, and R. Nathan Spreng Though only a decade has elapsed since the default network (DN) was first defined as a large-scale brain system, recent years have brought great insight into the network’s adaptive functions. A growing theme […]
STUDY ALERT: Disrupting posterior cingulate connectivity disconnects consciousness from the external environment
Disrupting posterior cingulate connectivity disconnects consciousness from the external environment Guillaume Herbet, Gilles Lafargue, Nicolas Menjot de Champfleur, Sylvie Moritz-Gasser, Emmanuelle le Bars, François Bonnetblanc, Hugues Duffau Neurophysiological and neuroimaging studies including both patients with disorders of consciousness and healthy subjects with modified states of consciousness suggest a crucial role of the medial posteroparietal cortex […]
STUDY ALERT: Is there a ‘‘dark intelligence’’? Emotional intelligence is used by dark personalities to emotionally manipulate others
Is there a ‘‘dark intelligence’’? Emotional intelligence is used by dark personalities to emotionally manipulate others Ursa K.J. Nagler, Katharina J. Reiter, Marco R. Furtner, John F. Rauthmann Potential ‘‘darker sides’’ of socio-emotional intelligence (SEI) have been repeatedly noted. We examine whether SEI is associated with emotional manipulation of others when used by dark […]
STUDY ALERT: The Suffocation of Marriage: Climbing Mount Maslow Without Enough Oxygen
The Suffocation of Marriage: Climbing Mount Maslow Without Enough Oxygen Eli J. Finkel, Chin Ming Hui, Kathleen L. Carswell and Grace M. Larson This article distills insights from historical, sociological, and psychological perspectives on marriage to develop the suffocation model of marriage in America. According to this model, contemporary Americans are asking their marriage to help them […]