Pluck, G. orcid.org/0000-0002-0368-0051, Bravo Mancero, P., Ortíz Encalada, P.A. et al. (3 more authors) (2020) Differential associations of neurobehavioral traits and cognitive ability to academic achievement in higher education. Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 18. 100124. ISSN 2211-9493
Abstract
Background People vary between each other on several neurobehavioral traits, which may have implications for understanding academic achievement.
Methods University-level Psychology or Engineering students were assessed for neurobehavioral traits, intelligence, and current psychological distress. Scores were compared with their grade point average (GPA) data.
Results Factors associated with higher GPA differed markedly between groups. For Engineers, intelligence, but not neurobehavioral traits or psychological distress, was a strong correlate of grades. For Psychologists, grades were not correlated with intelligence but they were with the neurobehavioral traits of executive dysfunction, disinhibition, apathy, and positive schizotypy. However, only the latter two were associated independently of psychological distress. Additionally, higher mixed-handedness was associated with higher GPA in the combined sample.
Conclusions Neurological factors (i.e., neurobehavioral traits and intelligence), are differentially associated with university-level grades, depending on the major studied. However, mixed-handedness may prove to be a better general predictor of academic performance across disciplines.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 Elsevier GmbH. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Trends in Neuroscience and Education. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Academic attainment; Personality; Frontal-subcortical circuits; Schizotypy; Handedness; Higher education |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Sheffield Teaching Hospitals |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 13 Jan 2020 14:40 |
Last Modified: | 15 Nov 2020 01:39 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.tine.2019.100124 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:155535 |
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