RETRACTED: Race,Brain Size,and Intelligence: A Reply to Cernovsky

Abstract

The following articles have been retracted from Psychological Reports:

Rushton, J. P. (1990). Race, brain size, and intelligence: A reply to Cernovsky, Psychological Reports, 66, 659–666

Rushton, J. P. (1991). Race, brain size, and intelligence: Another reply to Cernovsky, Psychological Reports, 68, 500–502.

This retraction is following a review that found that the research was unethical, scientifically flawed, and based on racist ideas and agenda. Specifically, these publications authored by Philippe Rushton on the subject of intelligence and race has been rejected based on the following findings:

– A better understanding of the human genome (Yudell et al., 2016)

–An inappropriately applied ecological theory that explain differences between species’ reproductive strategies to humans (Allen et al., 1992; Anderson, 1991)

– A misuse of population genetic measures and misconceptions about heritability (Bailey, 1997)

– Ignoring alternative explanations or evidence that did not support the racist theories being presented (Cain & Vanderwolf, 1990)

– Rushton’s findings have not been able to be replicated (Peregrine, Ember, & Ember, 2003)

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