multipleintelligences

The Neuroscience of Intelligence: Empirical Support for the Theory of Multiple Intelligences? C. Branton Shearer 1 and Jessica M. Karanian 2 1 MI Research and Consulting 2 Department of Psychology, Boston College Corresponding Author: C. Branton Shearer 1316 S. Lincoln St. Kent, OH 44240 Tel.: (330) 687-1735 E-mail: sbranton@kent.edu C. Branton Shearer is the creator of the Multiple Intelligences Developmental Assessment Scales. This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. Key Words:  intelligence, multiple intelligences, cognition, general intelligence, neural correlates Abstract The concept of intelligence has been strongly debated since introduction of IQ tests in the 1900s. Numerous alternatives to unitary intelligence have achieved limited acceptance by both psychologists and educators. Multiple intelligences theory ( Gardner, H. (1983,1993). Frames of