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Discussions about intelligence are usually vitiated by disagreements about the definition of the term, or misunderstandings about the nature of the concept implied. It is useful to think of three very different ways of looking at and defining intelligence, and to seek clarity about the way in which the term is being used in any particular context. Intelligence A or biological intelligence is used to refer to the underlying neurological, physiological and biochemical factors which make possible human cognitive performance, whether it be problem-solving, learning, memory, or whatever.
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Eysenck, H.J. (1986). Lecture 1: The Biological Basis of Intelligence. In: Newstead, S.E., Irvine, S.H., Dann, P.L. (eds) Human Assessment: Cognition and Motivation. NATO ASI Series, vol 27. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4406-0_4
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