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The writer has for some years been concerned with the study of intellectual functions in humans, in particular with the examination of concepts such as those of speed, power, and difficulty, which in spite of the important role they must inevitably play in any theory of “intelligence,” have been developed in a fashion so haphazard that even their definition is a matter for controversy. The results of these inquiries have circulated freely within the Institute of Psychiatry, but have not been widely reported elsewhere. The writers of some of the other sections of this Handbook have thus found themselves in the difficult position of wishing to incorporate in their contributions a background of results and ideas with which their readers will not be familiar. The function of the present chapter is to sketch in this background, rather than to discuss in detail any aspect of abnormal function. It could well be regarded primarily as an introduction to the following chapter.
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Furneaux, W.D. (1973). Intellectual Abilities and Problem-solving Behaviour. In: The Measurement of Intelligence. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6129-9_14
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