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ABSTRACT:
Many everyday tasks have a procedural component that requires an ability to keep one's place in a sequence of steps. We designed a task to study this placekeeping ability, and found that it has good predictive validity for tasks that on the surface are quite different, including measures of fluid intelligence. The results suggest that control mechanisms that implement linear thinking play a role in a wide variety of performance domains.
Many everyday tasks have a procedural component that requires an ability to keep one's place in a sequence of steps. We designed a task to study this placekeeping ability, and found that it has good predictive validity for tasks that on the surface are quite different, including measures of fluid intelligence. The results suggest that control mechanisms that implement linear thinking play a role in a wide variety of performance domains.
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| Tags: | Psychology, Talk |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Department of Psychology |
