Repositorio Institucional Publicación: How geography influences complex cognitive ability
| dc.contributor.author | León Eyzaguirre, Federico R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Burga-León, Andrés | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-06-24T18:37:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-06-24T18:37:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-04-16 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Evolutionary explanations for geography's influence on complex cognitive ability (CCA) imply virtually immutable components of between-nation IQ differences. Their weight vis-à-vis the weight of situational components was evaluated through an analysis of a 194-country data set. Additive effects of absolute latitude (AL) and longitudinal distance from Homo sapiens' cradle (LDC) explain Northeastern Asian higher, Sub-Saharan African lower CCAs. AL exerts cognitive influence directly and through socioeconomic development and evolutionary genetics whereas LDC does through evolutionary genetics; however, this occurs differently in Africa-Near East-Europe and elsewhere. The findings are understood assuming supremacy of contemporary UVB radiation → hormonal and climatic → socioeconomic mediators of the AL–CCA linkage whose effects are moderated by heterogeneous genetic and cultural adaptations to radiation and climate. Geography's cognitive effects are dynamic and public-policy actions may modify them. | es |
| dc.identifier.citation | León, F. R., & Burga-León, A. (2015). How geography influences complex cognitive ability. Intelligence, 50, 221-227. | es |
| dc.identifier.journal | Intelligence | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2015.04.011 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14005/1588 | |
| dc.identifier.wos | 000356766800026 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | es |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier Inc. | es |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Intelligence | en |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess | |
| dc.source | Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola | |
| dc.source | Repositorio Institucional - USIL | |
| dc.subject | Evolution | es |
| dc.subject | Geography | |
| dc.subject | Complex cognitive ability | es |
| dc.subject | Radiación solar | es_ES |
| dc.title | How geography influences complex cognitive ability | en |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication |