Category Archives: Brain

Links for a Monday morning

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

Some readings from around the web to start the week… Estimating the rate of mutation and the human evolutionary clock This is a big , complex and unfolding story that I have been meaning to comment on and still hope … Continue reading →

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Interspecies perception

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

Having just re-read Michael Tomasello’s great book, The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition, on my flights back from Europe, I found this post from Greg Downey and his graduate student, Paul Keil, fascinating. Paul and Greg describe the interaction and … Continue reading →

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Fluid Intelligence

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

Anne Buchanan has a nice post at The Mermaid’s Tale reviewing two recent stories about intelligence. She summarizes an important point about intelligence, evolution and the brain: But let’s step away from the politics for the moment, and think about … Continue reading →

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More on IQ and Race

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Adam Van Arsdale

I want to make one additional and brief post on the Race/IQ dust-up before letting it lie for now and moving on to other topics. First, I would encourage you to go and look at my exchange with Django in … Continue reading →

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Race and IQ, again and again

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Adam Van Arsdale

I see that a story on AlterNet, by Anneli Rufus, entitled, “IQ Blackout: Why Did Studying Intelligence Become Taboo?” has been making the rounds. Popular Daily Beast blogger, Andrew Sullivan, picked up on the piece, prompting a back and forth … Continue reading →

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