Table of Contents
1 Foreword
Rainer M. Holm-Hadulla, Joachim Funke & Michael Wink 1
2 Intelligence: theoretical foundations and practical applications. A multi- and interdisciplinary summary
Rainer M. Holm-Hadulla 7
Introduction ............................ 7
Section 1: Biological Fundamentals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Section 2: The Psychology of Intelligence . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Section 3: Mathematical and Artificial Intelligence . . . . . . 17
Section 4: Artificial and human intelligence . . . . . . . . 19
Section 5: Economic Intelligence ............... 21
Section 6: Cultural Intelligence ................. 22
Section 7: Political Intelligence and Wisdom . . . . . . . .
3 On the neurobiology of intelligence
Andreas Draguhn.
1 Introduction...........................
2 Why think? The evolution of intelligence . . . . . . . . .
3 Are there "intelligent brains"? ................
4 Subtle differences - why aren't we all equally smart?
4 The intelligent game with coincidences and election
Claudia Erbar & Peter Leins
1 Preliminary remarks ......................... 68
2 Optimization as evolutive goal.................. 70
3 On intelligent strategies .................... 97
4 Concluding comments................... 110
5 Intelligence in the animal kingdom
Michael Wink 117
1 Introduction ............................ 118
2 Tool use in the animal kingdom ................. 120
3 Tradition of tricks....................... 130
4 Planning and insight ....................... 132
5 Cognition and social Intelligence ................ 134
6 Brain structures ......................... 136
7 Outlook.............................. 136
6 Intelligence: evolutionary biological foundations and perspectives
Thomas Holstein 141
1 Introduction ............................ 142
2 Foundations of neuronal cognition ................ 143
3 The first nervous Systems .................... 143
4 Cognition in invertebrates.................... 147
5 Cognition in vertebrates..................... 150
6 Cognition in hominids..................... 152
7 From the intelligence of homo sapiens to artificial intelligence?
7 When intelligence is impaired
Gudrun A. Rappold 165
1 David and the FOXP1 syndrome ................. 165
2 Autism spectrum disorder ................... 167
3 Intelligence quotient, giftedness and mental retardation . 168
4 Higher risk of disease in boys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
5 The life ount....................... 170
6 Abdominal and headbrain work together . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
7 FOXP1 and its closely related "language development gene" FOXP2 .............................. 172
8 Intelligence and intellectual disability - Two sides of the same medal?
9 The Plasticity of the brain .................... 173
10 Animal models as important intermediate steps to understanding . . . 174
11 Life perspectives........................ 175
8 Intelligence: The psychological view
Joachim Funke 181
1 Introduction ........................... 181
2 Definitory .......................... 182
3 Theoretical ........................... 183
4 Methodological ......................... 188
5 Critical ............................. 188
6 Artificial and Human .................. 191
7 Concluding.......................... 193
9 Interpersonal Intelligence
Sabine C. Herpertz 199
1 Introduction and expl