Gray matter correlates of cognitive ability tests used for vocational guidance.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Individual differences in cognitive abilities provide information that is valuable for vocational guidance, but there is an ongoing debate about the role of ability factors, including general intelligence (g), compared to individual tests. Neuroimaging can help identify brain parameters that may account for individual differences in both factors and tests. Here we investigate how eight tests used in vocational guidance correlate to regional gray matter. We compare brain networks identified by using scores for ability factors (general and specific) to those identified by using individual tests to determine whether these relatively broad and narrow approaches yield similar results.

Findings

Using MRI and voxel-based morphometry (VBM), we correlated gray matter with

SUBMITTER: Haier RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2917438 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature