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Sex, Intelligence and Educational Achievement in a National Cohort of over 175,000 11-Year-Old Schoolchildren in England
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Calvin, Catherine M.; Fernandes, Cres; Smith, Pauline; Visscher, Peter M.; Deary, Ian J. – Intelligence, 2010
General cognitive ability ("g") does not explain sex differences in academic test performance by the end of compulsory education. Instead, individual differences in specific reasoning abilities, after removing the effects of "g," may contribute to the observed gender gaps. Associations between general or specific cognitive…
Descriptors: State Schools, Females, Compulsory Education, Academic Achievement
Intelligence and Auditory Discrimination: Separating Processing Speed and Fidelity of Stimulus Representation.
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Deary, Ian J. – Intelligence, 1994
Three psychophysical auditory processing tests, varying in emphasis on speed of processing and pitch discrimination, and tests of verbal and nonverbal ability were administered to 108 13-year olds. A structural equation model suggests that information processing speed and pitch discrimination ability are significantly associated with nonverbal and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Stimuli, Auditory Tests
Auditory Inspection Time, Intelligence and Pitch Discrimination.
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Deary, Ian J.; And Others – Intelligence, 1989
An auditory inspection time (AIT) test, pitch discrimination tests, and verbal and non-verbal mental ability tests were administered to 59 undergraduates and 119 12-year-old school children. Results indicate that AIT correlations with intelligence are due to AIT being an index of information intake speeds. (TJH)
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students