Functional neural anatomy of talent.

@article{Kalbfleisch2004FunctionalNA,
  title={Functional neural anatomy of talent.},
  author={M. Layne Kalbfleisch},
  journal={Anatomical record. Part B, New anatomist},
  year={2004},
  volume={277 1},
  pages={
          21-36
        }
}
  • M. Kalbfleisch
  • Published 1 March 2004
  • Psychology
  • Anatomical record. Part B, New anatomist
The terms gifted, talented, and intelligent all have meanings that suggest an individual's highly proficient or exceptional performance in one or more specific areas of strength. Other than Spearman's g, which theorizes about a general elevated level of potential or ability, more contemporary theories of intelligence are based on theoretical models that define ability or intelligence according to a priori categories of specific performance. Recent studies in cognitive neuroscience report on the… 
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