BEST BOOKS ON THE IQ QUESTION Via a friend on Quora that I frequently share: 1)

BEST BOOKS ON THE IQ QUESTION
Via a friend on Quora that I frequently share:

1) If you want something basic:
Intelligence: All that matters, S.J. Ritchie, John Murray Learning, London (2015).

2) Probably the best starting point:
Haier, R. J. (2017). The Neuroscience of Intelligence, Cambridge University Press.

3) If you want easy reading, lots of information, and one of the best sources of how IQ impacts life outcomes:
Hernstein, R. J., & Murray, C. (1994). The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life. New York: Free Press. Note: The only shortcoming of this book is its age. We have powerful new technologies that were developed later. Those confirm the contents of The Bell Curve, and show that the book understates many factors.

4) If you want to read the most cited text in all of intelligence research:
Jensen, A. R. (1998). The g factor: The science of mental ability. Westport, CT: Praeger. Note: This book is more advanced than those listed above and also was written before the development of such things as brain imaging technologies (they were just beginning); genome wide association studies; and polygenic scores.

Note: I also rely on another one whose title escapes me at the moment but gets into detail on the psychometircs and the evolution of testing. If I recall, it’s extremely expensive, and I had to get it from libgen.

5) For a worldwide view:
Richard Lynn: The Global Bell Curve: Race, IQ, and Inequality Worldwide. Lynn is controversial but I’ve spent enough time with him personally that he’s rock solid on the data.

6) Much more on Jayman’s Reading List (search for IQ)
I copy it here in case it’s ‘cancelled’.
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