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Relation Between Memory and Intelligence?
December 14, 2015 at 7:28 pm
It would seem that they are, if not the same thing, closely related. Don't we consider a person intelligent because they remember things they've read or experienced? does that mean people with Alzheimer's are stupid? Can a person with less memory still show intelligence with the thing he does remember?
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RE: Relation Between Memory and Intelligence?
December 14, 2015 at 8:31 pm
Sadly, as I noted with Aunt Lois, no.
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RE: Relation Between Memory and Intelligence?
December 14, 2015 at 8:36 pm
I used to know the answer to this, but I forgot.
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RE: Relation Between Memory and Intelligence?
December 14, 2015 at 8:38 pm
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Thats certainly part of what we consider when we consider intelligence. We also consider abstract problem solving, "liquid intelligence", as in presenting a subject with some task or problem they would reasonably have no experience or memory of in order to see how they respond.
I think that you and I would consider a person with alzheimers impaired, ill...no?
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RE: Relation Between Memory and Intelligence?
December 14, 2015 at 8:41 pm
I seem to recall that there is not a great link between long term memory and intelligence, but there is a significant link between short term working memory and intelligence, inasmuch as the ability to store more information in the (pardon the buffy speak) short-term storage tank brain thingy while accomplishing a task tends to facilitate quicker/more accurate completion of that task in a way that can be meaningfully defined as "intelligent"
That could all be total garbage too.
A quick google search does turn up a study that purports to show a fairly strong (r = .59) between intelligence and memory in a sample of 80 third graders with learning disabilities. So... extrapolate from that what you will!
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RE: Relation Between Memory and Intelligence?
December 14, 2015 at 8:42 pm
(December 14, 2015 at 8:38 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Thats certainly part of what we consider when we consider intelligence. We also consider abstract problem solving, "liquid intelligence", as in presenting a subject with some task or problem they would reasonably have no experience or memory of in order to see how they respond.
Alternatively, I can imagine a possible (but admittedly unlikely) scenario wherein a test subject solves some fiendishly complex problem, but immediately afterwards has no memory of having done so. A close example was Newton having solved the three body problem, but couldn't recall the solution or what he had done with his notes on the topic.
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RE: Relation Between Memory and Intelligence?
December 14, 2015 at 8:59 pm
Well I have an excellent memory and lots of intelligence. So I would say yes.
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RE: Relation Between Memory and Intelligence?
December 14, 2015 at 9:03 pm
(December 14, 2015 at 8:31 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: Sadly, as I noted with Aunt Lois, no. No, what? which question are you answering?
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RE: Relation Between Memory and Intelligence?
December 14, 2015 at 9:43 pm
(December 14, 2015 at 8:41 pm)TheRealJoeFish Wrote: I seem to recall that there is not a great link between long term memory and intelligence, but there is a significant link between short term working memory and intelligence, inasmuch as the ability to store more information in the (pardon the buffy speak) short-term storage tank brain thingy while accomplishing a task tends to facilitate quicker/more accurate completion of that task in a way that can be meaningfully defined as "intelligent"
That could all be total garbage too.
A quick google search does turn up a study that purports to show a fairly strong (r = .59) between intelligence and memory in a sample of 80 third graders with learning disabilities. So... extrapolate from that what you will!
IOW, intelligence is determined more by a large RAM (say 7 trillion terabytes) than by our hard drive.
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RE: Relation Between Memory and Intelligence?
December 14, 2015 at 9:52 pm
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I would say intelligence has more to do with the quality of associations you make, not your ability to recall a large quantity of memories on command.
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