Richard J. Haier

Richard J. "Rich" Haier is an American psychologist best known for his work on the neural basis of human intelligence psychometrics, general intelligence, and sex and intelligence.

Haier is currently a Research Scientist Affiliate at the Mind Research Network in Albuquerque NM, and Professor Emeritus in the Pediatric Neurology Division of the School of Medicine at University of California, Irvine. He has a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University.

In 1994 he was one of 52 signatories on "Mainstream Science on Intelligence," an editorial written by Linda Gottfredson and published in the Wall Street Journal, which summarized findings from intelligence research, especially as they related to issues raised in The Bell Curve. Gottfredson, Linda (December 13, 1994). Mainstream Science on Intelligence. Wall Street Journal, p A18.

His work on the parieto-frontal integration theory (P-FIT) with Rex Jung examines the neuroanatomy of intelligence based on neuro-imaging research.

Selected bibliography

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• Haier RJ, Robinson DL, Braden W, Williams D. Electrical potential of the cerebral cortex and psychometric intelligence. Personality and Individual Differences, 4(6): 591-599, 1983.
• Haier RJ. The end of intelligence research. Intelligence, 14: 371-374, 1990.
• Haier RJ, Benbow C. Gender differences and lateralization in temporal lobe glucose metabolism during mathematical......
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