Overview
- Meaning of "heritability“ in the context of intelligence research
- Explanation of twin research and GWAS
- With comprehensible descriptions and figures
Part of the book series: essentials (ESSENT)
Part of the book sub series: Springer essentials (SE)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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About this book
Is intelligence heritable? Karl-Friedrich Fischbach and Martin Niggeschmidt show that "heritability" means something different in biological terminology than in everyday language - which almost inevitably leads to misinterpretations. They explain why twin studies are controversial - and why genetic predictions of IQ and "educational attainment" must be treated with skepticism.
This book is a translation of the original German 2nd edition Erblichkeit der Intelligenz by Karl-Friedrich Fischbach & Martin Niggeschmidt, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2019. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further thedevelopment of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.
The Authors:
Prof. Dr. Karl-Friedrich Fischbach is a developmental biologist and neurogeneticist. He was professor of biophysics and molecular biology at the University of Freiburg from 1985 to 2013, including two years as executive director of the Institute of Biology III.Martin Niggeschmidt is an editor in Hamburg.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Prof. Dr. Karl-Friedrich Fischbach is a developmental biologist and neurogeneticist. He was professor of biophysics and molecular biology at the University of Freiburg from 1985 to 2013, including two years as executive director of the Institute of Biology III.
Martin Niggeschmidt is an editor in Hamburg.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Heritability of Intelligence
Book Subtitle: A Clarification From a Biological Point of View
Authors: Karl-Friedrich Fischbach, Martin Niggeschmidt
Series Title: essentials
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-35321-6
Publisher: Springer Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-35321-6Published: 24 November 2021
Series ISSN: 2197-6708
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6716
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 53
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour
Topics: Pedagogic Psychology, Psychology, general, Biological Psychology, Medicine/Public Health, general, Ethics