Lee A. Thompson

Lee A. Thompson is an American psychology professor known for her work in behavior genetics and the biological processes involved in intelligence.

Thompson earned her B.A. from Case Western Reserve University 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 disorders which found higher concordance 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," an editorial written by Linda Gottfredson and published in the "Wall Street Journal", which defended the findings on race and intelligence in "The Bell Curve". Gottfredson, Linda (December 13, 1994). Mainstream Science on Intelligence. "Wall Street Journal", p A18.] 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.]

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* [http://www.case.edu/artsci/pscl/faculty/lat.html Lee A. Thompson profile] via Case Western