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ArticleNPJ science of learning2024

Taking another look at intelligence and personality using an eye-tracking approach.

Lisa Bardach, Aki Schumacher, Ulrich Trautwein, Enkelejda Kasneci, Maike Tibus, Franz Wortha, Peter Gerjets, Tobias Appel

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Article in NPJ science of learning, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Lisa BardachDepartment of Psychology, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany. Lisa.Bardach@psychol.uni-giessen.de.
Aki SchumacherHector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-9998-386X
Ulrich TrautweinHector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0647-0057
Enkelejda KasneciTechnical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Maike TibusHector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Franz WorthaLoughborough University, Loughborough, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0185-0715
Peter GerjetsLeibniz Institut für Wissensmedien, Tübingen, Germany.
Tobias AppelHector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2596-2439

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Abstract

Intelligence and personality are both key drivers of learning. This study extends prior research on intelligence and personality by adopting a behavioral-process-related eye-tracking approach. We tested 182 adults on fluid intelligence and the Big Five personality traits. Eye-tracking information (gaze patterns) was recorded while participants completed the intelligence test. Machine learning models showed that personality explained 3.18% of the variance in intelligence test scores, with Openness and, surprisingly, Agreeableness most meaningfully contributing to the prediction. Facet-level measures of personality explained a larger amount of variance (7.67%) in intelligence test scores than the trait-level measures, with the largest coefficients obtained for Ideas and Values (Openness) and Compliance and Trust (Agreeableness). Gaze patterns explained a substantial amount of variance in intelligence test performance (35.91%). Gaze patterns were unrelated to the Big Five personality traits, but some of the facets (especially Self-Consciousness from Neuroticism and Assertiveness from Extraversion) were related to gaze. Gaze patterns reflected the test-solving strategies described in the literature (constructive matching, response elimination) to some extent. A combined feature vector consisting of gaze-based predictions and personality traits explained 37.50% of the variance in intelligence test performance, with significant unique contributions from both personality and gaze patterns. A model that included personality facets and gaze explained 38.02% of the variance in intelligence test performance. Although behavioral data thus clearly outperformed "traditional" psychological measures (Big Five personality) in predicting intelligence test performance, our results also underscore the independent contributions of personality and gaze patterns in predicting intelligence test performance.

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