Thursday, December 8, 2011

Time Estimation Correlates With Math Smarts


Details here. For the five tone durations, the mean correlation coefficient was 0.59, and was still significant when the authors adjusted for a measure of general intelligence.

Suddenly "what time is it?" isn't such an innocuous question.

Reference

Kramer P, Bressan P, Grassi M (2011) Time Estimation Predicts Mathematical Intelligence. PLoS ONE 6(12): e28621. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028621