Lee Anne Thompson is an American
psychology professor known for her work in
behavior genetics and the biological processes involved in
intelligence.
Career
Thompson earned her B.A. from
Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio. Case Western Reserve was established in 1967, when Western Reserve University, founded in 1826 and named for its location in the Connecticut Western Reser ...
in 1982, then attended
University of Colorado at Boulder, earning an M.A. in 1985 and her Ph.D. in 1987. She currently teaches at Case Western and is on the editorial board of ''
Intelligence''.
Thompson co-authored a widely cited
twin study on
communication disorder
A communication disorder is any disorder that affects an individual's ability to comprehend, detect, or apply language and speech to engage in dialogue effectively with others. The delays and disorders can range from simple sound substitution to t ...
s which found higher
concordance
Concordance may refer to:
* Agreement (linguistics), a form of cross-reference between different parts of a sentence or phrase
* Bible concordance, an alphabetical listing of terms in the Bible
* Concordant coastline, in geology, where beds, or la ...
in monozygotic twins than dizygotic twins.
[Lewis BA, Thompson LA. A Study of Developmental Speech and Language Disorders in Twins. ''Journal of Speech and Hearing Research'' Vol.35 1086-1094 October 1992.]
In 1994 she was one of 52 signatories on "
Mainstream Science on Intelligence,
[Gottfredson, Linda (December 13, 1994). Mainstream Science on Intelligence. '' Wall Street Journal'', p A18.]" an editorial written by
Linda Gottfredson and published in the ''
Wall Street Journal'', which declared the consensus of the signing scholars on issues related to
race and intelligence following the publication of the book ''
The Bell Curve''. Thompson has published studies with other signatories, including
Douglas Detterman,
Robert Plomin, and
David Lubinski.
She has worked on studies attempting to locate
DNA markers associated with high and low
intelligence quotient.
[Robert Plomin1, Gerald E. McClearn1, Deborah L. Smith1, Sylvia Vignetti1, Michael J. Chorney2, Karen Chorney2, Charles P. Venditti2, Steven Kasarda2, Lee A. Thompson3, Douglas K. Detterman3, Johanna Daniels4, 5, Michael Owen4, 5 and Peter McGuffin4DNA markers associated with high versus low IQ: The IQ quantitative trait loci (QTL) project. ''Behavior Genetics'' Volume 24, Number 2, March 1994 Pages: 107 - 118] Thompson has also used
fMRI to localize areas in the brain related to concentration.
[Lewin, Jonathan S.; Friedman, Lee; Wu, Dee; Miller, David A.; Thompson, Lee A.; Klein, Susan K.; Wise, Alexandria L.; Hedera, Peter; Buckley, Peter; Meltzer, Herbert; Friedland, Robert P.; Duerk, Jeffrey L. Cortical Localization of Human Sustained Attention: Detection with Functional MR Using a Visual Vigilance Paradigm. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography. 20(5):695-701, September/October 1996.]
In February 2013, Thompson was named top educator of first-year students in the U.S.
cwru-daily.com, 02/22/2013
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References
External links
via Case Western
21st-century American psychologists
American women psychologists
American geneticists
Psychology educators
American intelligence researchers
Case Western Reserve University alumni
University of Colorado alumni
Case Western Reserve University faculty
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American women academics
21st-century American women scientists
20th-century American women scientists
20th-century American psychologists
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