Most people think of the theory of multiple intelligences as a cognitive model of learning; that is, a path guiding us to an understanding of how people think. But I believe that there is an important affective purpose in using the theory, and that is, to make you happy. It represents a picture of our...Read More
Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences explains that each of us possesses at least eight or nine intelligences. How do these intelligences come into being in the first place? The question of where ”intelligence” as a singular phenomenon comes from has been hotly debated by psychometricians and other experts for decades. Generally speaking, the debate...Read More
The public perception of people diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is that it is a disability. However, when seen through the lens of Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences, the situation is more complex with both strengths and challenges serving as a truer picture of autism. People identified with ASD usually have difficulty with...Read More
Do you know your IQ? Do you even care? Howard Gardner at Harvard University says that IQ is far too limited a measure of a person’s human potential. In his renowned theory of multiple intelligences, he came up with 8 and possibly even 9 intelligences that give a greater range of human accomplishment. What are...Read More
There’s a growing awareness in the scientific community that animals are far more intelligent than we previously supposed (for an excellent summary of what’s known about ”animal cognition” click here). Now we can expand our understanding of this field by connecting it to Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences. Gardner says there are eight (or...Read More
Were people intelligent in prehistoric times? There’s no reason not so think so, given the fact that the times haven’t been long enough to account for significant genetic changes one way or the other. There’s a field of study called cognitive archeology that attempts to hypothesize the inner cognitive processes of our prehistoric ancestors. An...Read More
The old adage ”use it or lose it” seems to apply to the human brain according to findings in neuroscience. Studies of lifelong learners (most famously, a group of nuns in Mankato, Minnesota) show that engaging in a variety of stimulating activities throughout adult life can result in lower incidence of Alzheimer’s disease and better...Read More
The brain is an incredibly complex organ. Someone once suggested that if the brain was so simple we could understand it, we’d be so simple that we couldn’t. However, Dr. Howard Gardner gives us one window into better understanding the brain in his theory of multiple intelligences, which posits the existence of eight (or possibly...Read More
One of the most remarkable aspects of being human is our ability to symbolize. Simply through a mark on a page, a sound from our voice, or a gesture from our hands, we can convey ideas that are not immediately present to our senses (we essentially ”re-present” them). Dr. Howard Gardner, the creator of the...Read More
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