fabio guillermo rojas wrote:
Come on, Fab - pointing out examples of brain differences explaining
behavioral differences is hardly convincing evidence that brain
differences are the right explanation in this case.
> > In any case, all of the deficiencies in children's brains you point out
> > more or less sound like extensions of their low absolute IQ.
>
> Not really. One listed deficiency is memory. That might be correlated with
> IQ, but it's certainly not the same as IQ. Analogy: a computer with a
> small storage capacity might have sophisticated software (analogy with
> low memory/high IQ).
Yes, there are cognitive abilities with low g-loading, and memory is
one. But now that I think about it, I shouldn't have let you get away
with citing memory differences in the first place. Children in fact
seem to have much *better* memorization ability than adults in numerous
respects.
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Department of Economics George Mason University
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