Intelligence in the Brain: Neuroscientist Rogier Kievit

Rogier Kievit is currently a PhD student at the department of methodology at the University of Amsterdam. He studies psychological constructs from two explanatory levels, namely brain activity and behavioral measurements. His PhD project is aimed at developing conceptual and statistical tools to examine the relationship between these two types of measurements. He draws on a variety of perspectives– from structural equation modeling, philosophy of mind, theoretical psychology and cognitive neuroscience.