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A watershed model of individual differences in fluid intelligence

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dc.creator Kievit, Rogier
dc.creator Davis, SW
dc.creator Griffiths, J
dc.creator Correia, MM
dc.creator Cam-Can,
dc.creator Henson, Richard
dc.date 2017-07-19T12:48:39Z
dc.date 2017-07-19T12:48:39Z
dc.date 2016-10
dc.date.accessioned 2019-03-20T08:22:51Z
dc.date.available 2019-03-20T08:22:51Z
dc.identifier https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/265661
dc.identifier 10.17863/CAM.11884
dc.identifier.uri https://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/32188
dc.description Fluid intelligence is a crucial cognitive ability that predicts key life outcomes across the lifespan. Strong empirical links exist between fluid intelligence and processing speed on the one hand, and white matter integrity and processing speed on the other. We propose a watershed model that integrates these three explanatory levels in a principled manner in a single statistical model, with processing speed and white matter figuring as intermediate endophenotypes. We fit this model in a large (N=555) adult lifespan cohort from the Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN) using multiple measures of processing speed, white matter health and fluid intelligence. The model fit the data well, outperforming competing models and providing evidence for a many-to-one mapping between white matter integrity, processing speed and fluid intelligence. The model can be naturally extended to integrate other cognitive domains, endophenotypes and genotypes.
dc.language eng
dc.language en
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.publisher Neuropsychologia
dc.rights Attribution 4.0 International
dc.rights Attribution 4.0 International
dc.rights Attribution 4.0 International
dc.rights Attribution 4.0 International
dc.rights Attribution 4.0 International
dc.rights Attribution 4.0 International
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject Cognitive ageing
dc.subject Fluid intelligence
dc.subject Processing speed
dc.subject Structural Equation Modelling
dc.subject Watershed model
dc.subject White matter
dc.subject Adolescent
dc.subject Adult
dc.subject Aged
dc.subject Aged, 80 and over
dc.subject Aging
dc.subject Cohort Studies
dc.subject Endophenotypes
dc.subject Factor Analysis, Statistical
dc.subject Female
dc.subject Humans
dc.subject Individuality
dc.subject Intelligence
dc.subject Intelligence Tests
dc.subject Male
dc.subject Middle Aged
dc.subject Models, Neurological
dc.subject Models, Psychological
dc.subject Reaction Time
dc.subject White Matter
dc.subject Young Adult
dc.title A watershed model of individual differences in fluid intelligence
dc.type Article


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