{"title":"2008 Survey of New Zealand scientists and technologists","authors":"Jack Sommer","doi":"10.26686/nzsr.v67.8906","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26686/nzsr.v67.8906","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p></jats:p>","PeriodicalId":475845,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Science Review","volume":"125 18","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138959508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
It is a central prediction from mainstream evolutionary biology that there is a continuous set of intermediate states in the mental abilities from an ape-human ancestor to modern humans. A quick analysis is given to the problem introduced by Rene Descartes of the supposed gap between mind matter and physical matter, the former distinguishing humans from all other animals. A three-pronged analysis is then given that revolves around: (1) the continuity of mind from young children to adults; (2) the similarity of measured mental abilities between young great apes and young children at similar stages of development; and (3) the observation that there appear to be no unique genes in the human genome for mental abilities (including for ‘wisdom and intelligence’). The components that are required for language are then analysed, and important precursors found in the great apes. The conclusion is that the best supported hypothesis, especially in a Bayesian framework, is for a continuum in mental states between an ancestral ape and modern humans. There are a range of predictions from this model that can, and have been, tested.
{"title":"The continuity of mind, from great apes to humans","authors":"David Penny","doi":"10.26686/nzsr.v67.8900","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26686/nzsr.v67.8900","url":null,"abstract":"It is a central prediction from mainstream evolutionary biology that there is a continuous set of intermediate states in the mental abilities from an ape-human ancestor to modern humans. A quick analysis is given to the problem introduced by Rene Descartes of the supposed gap between mind matter and physical matter, the former distinguishing humans from all other animals. A three-pronged analysis is then given that revolves around: (1) the continuity of mind from young children to adults; (2) the similarity of measured mental abilities between young great apes and young children at similar stages of development; and (3) the observation that there appear to be no unique genes in the human genome for mental abilities (including for ‘wisdom and intelligence’). The components that are required for language are then analysed, and important precursors found in the great apes. The conclusion is that the best supported hypothesis, especially in a Bayesian framework, is for a continuum in mental states between an ancestral ape and modern humans. There are a range of predictions from this model that can, and have been, tested.","PeriodicalId":475845,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Science Review","volume":"124 52","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138959538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Increasingly social science graduates in New Zealand, especially those in the subject areas of sociology and political studies, are graduating without essential skills in the area of quantitative data analysis. In an attempt to address these issues, the research team at the Centre of Methods and Policy Application in the Social Sciences (COMPASS) at the University of Auckland have developed two initiatives. The first of these, the New Zealand Social Statistics Network (www.nzssn.org.nz) organises short courses in research methods training. The second, the New Zealand Social Science Data Service (www.nzssds.org.nz), provides secondary data for analysis and teaching resources linked to quantitative research methods.
{"title":"Addressing the quantitative skill shortage in the social sciences","authors":"Gerard Cotterell, Martin Von Randow","doi":"10.26686/nzsr.v67.8878","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26686/nzsr.v67.8878","url":null,"abstract":"Increasingly social science graduates in New Zealand, especially those in the subject areas of sociology and political studies, are graduating without essential skills in the area of quantitative data analysis. In an attempt to address these issues, the research team at the Centre of Methods and Policy Application in the Social Sciences (COMPASS) at the University of Auckland have developed two initiatives. The first of these, the New Zealand Social Statistics Network (www.nzssn.org.nz) organises short courses in research methods training. The second, the New Zealand Social Science Data Service (www.nzssds.org.nz), provides secondary data for analysis and teaching resources linked to quantitative research methods.","PeriodicalId":475845,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Science Review","volume":"118 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138959580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Emeritus Professor Sir James Stewart","authors":"Editors","doi":"10.26686/nzsr.v67.8902","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26686/nzsr.v67.8902","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p></jats:p>","PeriodicalId":475845,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Science Review","volume":" 79","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138960922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Geoffrey Chambers, Jonathan Gardner, Alastair Smith
{"title":"Publish and perish: A new look at bibliometric statistics in the PBRF age","authors":"Geoffrey Chambers, Jonathan Gardner, Alastair Smith","doi":"10.26686/nzsr.v67.8875","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26686/nzsr.v67.8875","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p></jats:p>","PeriodicalId":475845,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Science Review","volume":" 37","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138961275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Developing the food industries through focus on intangible capital","authors":"Andrew Cleland","doi":"10.26686/nzsr.v67.8887","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26686/nzsr.v67.8887","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p></jats:p>","PeriodicalId":475845,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Science Review","volume":" 45","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138961177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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