W5 Discussion Question 1: How Would You Study Intelligence and the Brain?

Purpose: Apply your knowledge of the types of experimental tools neuroscientists use to answer a question you have about intelligence and the brain.

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Post: Using your knowledge of the types of tools neuroscientists use to understand the brain (hint: think back to Week 1) and the information from this week's readings, you will design an experiment that would reveal something about the link between intelligence and the brain.

First, how would you define intelligence in a concrete way so that you could study it (i.e., what would your operational definition of intelligence be)?

Next, describe what neuroscientific technique you propose to use to understand how the brain underlies your concrete definition, and what sort of task participants would complete.

Next, describe how you would avoid some of the mistakes that were made in the past when attempting to assess intelligence.

Finally, explain what you expect the results of your experiment to be and what it would demonstrate about the relationship between intelligence and the brain.