Winner of Best Student Talk at ISIR 2019
For the second year running, Ms Emily Willoughby won the Best Student Talk at ISIR 2019, with The First Longitudinal Investigation of Cognitive Ability in Adult Adoptive Families. Huge congratulations to Emily, who says ". . . what an honor to receive the award twice. Not sure if deserved, but certainly appreciated."
Emily is starting her fourth year of a Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, where she works in personality, individual differences & behavioral genetics with James J. Lee and Matt McGue. With a background in biology, Emily’s research ...
INTELLIGENCE special issue OUT NOW
A special issue of INTELLIGENCE on cognitive abilities in other animals is OUT NOW. There will be 50 days of free open access. Here are links for you to follow:
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Professor Rex Jung is incoming ISIR President Elect
We are delighted to announce that Professor Rex Jung has been voted as the President Elect for ISIR. Congratulations to Prof Jung who is an outstanding creativity researcher and practising neuropsychologist.
Dunnette Prize
Dunnette Prize
Is there someone whom you would like to nominate for a $50,000 cash prize? The recipient will have made "programmatic, significant, and lasting contributions to understanding the causal nature of individual differences on behaviour and performance".
The deadline for accepting nominations is June 30, 2019.
To read more about the award criteria and to start a nomination, please click HERE
To read a press release, please click HERE
2019 July 11-13: Minneapolis, MN
Welcome to the website for the 2019 International Society for Intelligence Research conference. This year, the meeting will be in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Minnesota has a special place in the history of twin studies, which have taught us a lot about intelligence. The city is home to the world famous study of twins reared apart (see Science paper) which was led by Professor Thomas Bouchard who, we are delighted to say, will be speaking at the conference. There is a fantastic line-up of confirmed renowned speakers. If you have not been to an ISIR meeting before but would like ...
