Future bright a transforming vision of human intelligence
Ever since Alfred Binet invented the first IQ test more than a century ago, we have thought of intelligence as fixed from birth and unalterable-as genetically programmed and immutable as eye color. If our IQ was 115 at the age of eighteen, it would be 115 at age thirty-two and at age seventy-two. Bu...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, England :
Oxford University Press
c2013.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009797941106719 |
| Sumario: | Ever since Alfred Binet invented the first IQ test more than a century ago, we have thought of intelligence as fixed from birth and unalterable-as genetically programmed and immutable as eye color. If our IQ was 115 at the age of eighteen, it would be 115 at age thirty-two and at age seventy-two. But as Michael Martinez reveals in Future Bright, human intelligence is not at all a static quality. Drawing on cutting-edge research, Martinez shows that not only can we improve our IQ scores--with the right approach, we can improve intelligence itself. Future Bright introduces the radical view that |
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| Notas: | Includes index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199344321 9780190256050 9780199781935 |
