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general ability tests

tests designed to measure the general factor of intelligence. They usually require, among other things, understanding and applying relations among relatively abstract stimuli, such as geometric forms.

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midbrain

midbrain

n. a relatively small region of the upper brainstem that connects the forebrain and hindbrain. It contains the tectum (and associated inferior and superior colliculi), tegmentum, and substantia nigra. Also called mesencephalon.