Richard J. Haier is an American psychologist who has researched a neural basis for human intelligence,

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. Haier is currently a Professor Emeritus in the Pediatric Neurology Division of the School of Medicine at

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. He has a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. He is also the editor-in-chief of the journal ''Intelligence (journal), Intelligence'' since 2016. In 1994, he was one of 52 signatories on "Mainstream Science on Intelligence," an editorial written by the American psychologist 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. Haier later discussed the controversy surrounding the book in a 2022 interview on Lex Fridman's podcast. He has worked with Rex Jung on the parieto-frontal integration theory (P-FIT) which uses neuro-imaging to examine the neuroscience and intelligence, neuroscience of intelligence.

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The Intelligent Brain Lectures
* * * (See Lex Fridman.) {{DEFAULTSORT:Haier, Richard J. Living people Academic journal editors American psychologists Intelligence researchers Johns Hopkins University alumni Race and intelligence controversy University of California, Irvine faculty Year of birth missing (living people)