http://www.harvardscience.harvard.edu/stories/person/20873 Stories and external links referencing a person (RSS) en http://www.harvardscience.harvard.edu/animal-vegetable-mineral/articles/individual-primates-display-variation-general-intelligence <!--paging_filter--><p>Scientists at Harvard University have shown, for the first time, that intelligence varies among individual monkeys within a species – in this case, the <a title="cotton-top tamarin" href="http://www.zooschool.ecsd.net/cotton%20topped%20tamarin.htm">cotton-top tamarin</a>. </p><p>Testing for broad cognitive ability, the researchers identified high-, middle-, and low-performing monkeys, determined by a general intelligence score. General intelligence, or <em>g</em>, is a hallmark of human cognition, often described as similar to <a title="IQ" href="http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=iq">IQ</a>. The effect of <em>g</em> in primates may offer insights into the evolution of human general intelligence. </p><p><a href="http://www.harvardscience.harvard.edu/animal-vegetable-mineral/articles/individual-primates-display-variation-general-intelligence">read more</a></p> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:57:23 -0400 50443248 20872 at http://www.harvardscience.harvard.edu