Fredrik Heintz's Profile

I think there are three basic principles of moral psychology

The first principle is intuitive primacy: Peoples' judgments are based primarily on their intuitive reactions -- on quick gut feelings, not on reasoning.

By comparing intelligence differences between pairs of identical twins (who share all their genes) and non-identical twins (who share half their genes like normal siblings), the study showed that genetic differences explained approximately half the variation found in high intelligence, whilst shared environmental factors - those experienced by both twins in a pair, such as education and parenting style - explained just 28 per cent of the variation. The remaining influence is down to unique environmental influences (experienced by one twin but not the other) and other unknown factors.

One of the main themes emerging at the DOM meeting was that the foundation of successful learning is improving executive function - a collection of cognitive processes important for self-control and focusing on the task at hand.

Various studies presented at the meeting showed that improving a child's executive function could be achieved with relatively small changes, for example, by altering the timetabling of exercise sessions or encouraging the learning of a musical instrument

eftersom det aldrig är visat att en uttalad sammanhållning mellan olika forskargrupper i sig är en framgångsfaktor, eller att ett nätverk av framgångsrika akademiska grupper är i behov av en stark ledare, vidhåller jag att det är rättvisande att karakterisera dessa bedömningsgrunder som ”flumkriterier”.