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May 26, 2013 3:39 pm  #1


"Strong ... Link between Sensory Discriminations and Intelligence"

This might explain both solar system and gay pants 

http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822%2813%2900494-6?script=true

German article about this experiment:
Intelligenz heißt Ausblendung von "unwichtigen" Informationen
http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/39/39193/1.html

Last edited by Harriet (May 26, 2013 3:40 pm)


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May 26, 2013 5:56 pm  #2


Re: "Strong ... Link between Sensory Discriminations and Intelligence"

These are very interesting articles and certainly the German article goes into far more detail. My hypothesis would be that smaller threats are, when one considers the period  of time that mankind has been on Earth, a greater threats  than a larger threats. Certainly, being able to detect movement at a distance ( when a large object appears to be small) is important! Spotting movement at long distances would allow for counfer-measures or , in the case of hunting, collaboration of some kind. A higher IQ person, who detects smaller movements more easily would also, perhaps, be more adept at activities such as hand-to-hand combat etc.  human evolution occurs over long periods of time, therefore we would not expect prowess at spotting small movements to be developed over short periods of time.

The thing that made me smile about these studies is that, when I was on safari, I was really, really, good at spotting small movements at distance (better, believe it or not, than the ranger who was with us).


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May 26, 2013 6:15 pm  #3


Re: "Strong ... Link between Sensory Discriminations and Intelligence"

Interesting. Thanks, Harriet.

Maybe the people with a higher IQ were just bored by the bigger objects because they were too easy to see and they stopped paying attention.


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