The Mitochondrial Theory of <i>g</i> Is Incompatible with Genetic Evidence and Does Not Explain Statistical Phenomena

Péter Przemyslaw Ujma; Kristof Kovacs

doi:10.3390/jintelligence8030027

Journal of Intelligence (Jun 2020)

The Mitochondrial Theory of <i>g</i> Is Incompatible with Genetic Evidence and Does Not Explain Statistical Phenomena

Péter Przemyslaw Ujma,
Kristof Kovacs

Affiliations

Péter Przemyslaw Ujma: Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Semmelweis University, 1089 Budapest, Hungary
Kristof Kovacs: Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eotvos Lorand University, 1064 Budapest, Hungary

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence8030027
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 3
p. 27

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In two recent reviews (Geary 2018, 2019), Geary attributed a substantial role in generating individual differences in the general factor of intelligence, g, to mitochondrial functioning [...]

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ISSN: 2079-3200 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Social Sciences: Social sciences (General)
Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jintelligence

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