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Were the Victorians cleverer than us? The decline in general intelligence estimated from a meta-analysis of the slowing of simple reaction time.

Woodley, Michael A., te Nijenhuis, Jan, Murphy, Raegan·2013·Intelligence

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  • In contrast to Woodley et al. (2013), the authors found no evidence of slowed processing speed in contemporary populations.

    “Therefore, in contrast to the suggestions of Woodley et al. (2013), we found no evidence of slowed processing speed in contemporary populations.”

    From Factors influencing the latency of simple reaction time (2015) · cites this paper as Woodley et al., 2013

  • Unlike Woodley et al. (2013), the study found no evidence of slowed processing speed in the contemporary populations tested.

    “Thus, unlike Woodley et al. (2013), we found no evidence of slowed processing speed in the contemporary populations that we tested.”

    From Factors influencing the latency of simple reaction time (2015) · cites this paper as Woodley et al. (2013)

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Authors
Woodley, M. A., te Nijenhuis, J., & Murphy, R.
Affiliations
University College Cork (IE)
Venue
Intelligence
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-11
Volume
41
Issue
6
Pages
843-850
ISSN
0160-2896 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2120705463
Cited by
82
References
65
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 5
FWCI
1.87
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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  • Intelligence (publishedVersion)
  • UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (publishedVersion)
  • VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) (submittedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Keywords
general intelligence, simple reaction time, IQ decline, Victorian era, Western populations

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