Dreszer-Drogorób, J. 1 , Szelag, E. 1, 2, 3 & Osinski, G. . 1
1 Cognitive Science Project, Nicolaus Copernicus University
2 Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology
3 Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Neuroscience evidence has suggested that intelligence might be defined as a system ability to dynamic adaptation to changes in environment. According to this thesis, the most important dimension shared by all adaptation levels is time, conceptualized as temporal structure appearing in human behavior. Personal tempo (PT) can be considered as a promising measure of both dynamics of a human action and intelligence as well. PT may be understood in many ways. For the purposes of this study, PT will be taken to mean as opposite to maximum tempo (MT). The present study investigated 120 students’ dynamical properties of temporal control of repetitive finger movements in PT and in MP. The Raven’s Advanced Progressive Matrices was applied as a measure of intelligence. Nonlinear elements for the reconstruction of dynamical properties of PT and MT were performed. We found intelligence-related differences in fractal properties of repetitive finger movements in PT. The data would seem to suggest that speed and complexity (fractal properties) of PT were related with complexity and variability of MT. That outcome of the present study encourages us to conclude that temporal structure differences is a good index for intelligence level estimation.