One hundred and seventy-five children who were 6-years old were assigned to one of four
groups that differed in socioeconomic status (SES; working class or middle class) and …

Recent research indicates that parental behaviours may influence the development of
executive functions (EFs) during early childhood, which are proposed to serve as domain …

Human brain development occurs within a socioeconomic context and childhood
socioeconomic status (SES) influences neural development—particularly of the systems that …

We review new findings and new theoretical developments in the field of intelligence. New
findings include the following:(a) Heritability of IQ varies significantly by social class.(b) …

Behavioral scientists routinely publish broad claims about human psychology and behavior
in the world's top journals based on samples drawn entirely from Western, Educated …

This new edition provides an accessible guide to advances in neuroscience research and
what they reveal about intelligence. Compelling evidence shows that genetics plays a major …

This chapter focuses on The Three-Ring Conception of Giftedness appeared in a 1978
edition of the Kappan. It provides a description of the major theoretical issues underlying …

This article introduces the notion of genetic essentialist biases: cognitive biases associated
with essentialist thinking that are elicited when people encounter arguments that genes are …

An emerging economic literature over the past decade has made use of international tests of
educational achievement to analyze the determinants and impacts of cognitive skills. The …

In Teaching with Poverty in Mind: What Being Poor Does to Kids' Brains and What Schools
Can Do About It, veteran educator and brain expert Eric Jensen takes an unflinching look at …