Flynn, James Robert, 1934-

What is intelligence? : beyond the Flynn effect / James R. Flynn. - 1st expanded pbk. ed. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2009. - xiv, 259 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Previous ed.: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-251) and indexes.

A bombshell in a letter box -- Beyond the Flynn effect -- Towards a new theory of intelligence -- Testing the Dickens/Flynn model -- Why did it take so long? -- IQ gains can kill -- What if the gains are over? -- Knowing our ancestors -- The art of writing cognitive history -- About GUT : the grand unification theory of intelligence -- Howard Gardner and the use of words.

9780521741477 (pbk.) 0521741475 (pbk.)


Intellect.

153.9 / FLY 2009