Max Aub, Obras completas, vols IX-A, IX-B, X

Review of: Aub, M. (2019). Obras completas. Vol. IX-A, Jusep Torres Campalans. Edición crítica y estudio de D. Fernández Martínez; vol. IX-B, Vida y obra de Luis Álvarez Petreña, Juego de cartas. Edición crítica y estudio de J. Oleza y M. Rosell. Madrid; Frankfurt am Main: Iberoamericana-Vervuert, 593 pp. y 387 pp. + 108 naipes. | (2020). Obras completas. Vol. X, Ensayos I. Edición crítica y estudio de A. Martín Ezpeleta, E. Soler Sasera, M. Corella Lacasa y J.M. Calles; dirección de J. Oleza. Madrid; Frankfurt am Main: Iberoamericana-Vervuert, 1170 pp.

Low Base Rates and a High IQ Selection Threshold Prevented Terman from Identifying Future Nobelists

Although the accomplishments of the 1,528 subjects of the Genetic Studies of Genius are impressive, they do not represent the pinnacle of human achievement. Since the early 1990s, commentators have criticized the study because two future Nobelists—William Shockley and Luis Alvarez—were among the candidates screened for the study; but they were rejected because their IQ scores were too low. Critics see this as a flaw of Terman’s methodology and/or intelligence testing. This study simulates the Terman’s sampling procedure to estimate the probability that Terman would have selected one or both future Nobelists from a population of 168,000 candidates. Using simulations, we created a model that reflected the reliability of the IQ scores used to select individuals for the Genetic Studies of Genius and the relationship between IQ and Nobelist status. Results showed that it was unlikely for Terman to identify children who would later earn Nobel prizes, mostly because of the low base rate of earning a Nobel and the high minimum IQ needed to be selected for Terman’s study. Changes to the methodology that would have been required to select one or both Nobelists were not practical. Therefore, future Nobelists’ absence from the Genetic Studies of Genius sample is not a fatal flaw of intelligence testing or Terman’s study. Instead, predicting high levels of eminence requires measuring a variety of relevant cognitive and non-cognitive variables. A preprint version of this paper is available at https://psyarxiv.com/g4x6r/. Simulation code and results and reliability generalization information are available at https://osf.io/3xfe8/.

La poesía de Luis Álvarez Piñer: una voz recuperada del silencio

The voice recovered from silence: the poetry of Luis Álvarez PiñerThe main objective of this article is, on the one hand, the presentation of Luis Ávarez Piñer as one of the representatives of the interior exile and, on the other hand, the analysis of his work created in hiding over the period of fifty years. The analysis of some of his poems created between 1937 and 1988 leads us to the conclusion that although the poet distanced himself from social poetry, in his lyrical verses he could not get away from the circumstances of his time — the main cause of his status as an exile.

'Los espejos del yo: Existencialismo y metaficción en la narrativa de Unamuno', de Luis Álvarez Castro

Reseña del libro de Luis Álvarez Castro, Los espejos del yo: Existencialismo y metaficción en la narrativa de Unamuno, Salamanca, Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, 2015, 153 páginas.