Speed of information processing in academically gifted youths and their siblings

Academically gifted children and their full siblings were compared on the Raven Matrices, and reaction time (RT) on an elementary cognitive task—the Semantic Verification Test (SVT). Significant differences between the gifted and their intellectually less gifted siblings and the significant correlat...

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Published in:Personality and individual differences 1989, Vol.10 (1), p.29-33
Main Authors: Jensen, Arthur R., Cohn, Sanford J., Cohn, Catherine M.G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Child development
Developmental psychology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
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Summary:Academically gifted children and their full siblings were compared on the Raven Matrices, and reaction time (RT) on an elementary cognitive task—the Semantic Verification Test (SVT). Significant differences between the gifted and their intellectually less gifted siblings and the significant correlation between RT and Raven scores within as well as between sibships indicate that the correlation of RT with psychometric g is not entirely attributable to shared environmental influences.
ISSN:0191-8869
1873-3549
DOI:10.1016/0191-8869(89)90174-8