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Camilla Persson Benbow

Camilla Persson Benbow

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Psychology

D-Index
71
Citations
23835
World Ranking
2134
National Ranking
1243

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Camilla Persson Benbow is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, particularly within the subfields of experimental and cognitive psychology. Additional areas of study include safety research, applied psychology, social psychology, and developmental and educational psychology.

Their work covers several key topics including psychological and temporal perspectives research, cognitive abilities and testing, education, achievement and giftedness, career development and diversity, psychological and educational research studies, creativity in education and neuroscience, and optimism, hope, and well-being.

Camilla Persson Benbow has contributed to multiple publications, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • Gifted Child Quarterly
  • Journal of Educational Psychology
  • Perspectives on Psychological Science

Some of their notable recent papers include:

  • Intellectual Precocity: What Have We Learned Since Terman?, 2020, Gifted Child Quarterly
  • Academic acceleration in gifted youth and fruitless concerns regarding psychological well-being: A 35-year longitudinal study., 2020, Journal of Educational Psychology
  • Composing Meaningful Lives: Exceptional Women and Men at Age 50, 2023, Gifted Child Quarterly
  • Wrecked by Success? Not to Worry, 2022, Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • In Their Own Voice: Educational Perspectives From Intellectually Precocious Youth as Adults, 2025, Gifted Child Quarterly

Frequent co-authors of their research include:

  • David Lubinski
  • Brian O. Bernstein
  • Kira O. McCabe
  • Harrison J. Kell
  • Gabriella D. Noreen

Camilla Persson Benbow has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association since 2008 and as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association since 1992.

Best Publications

  • Spatial ability for STEM domains: Aligning over 50 years of cumulative psychological knowledge solidifies its importance.

    Jonathan Wai;David Lubinski;Camilla P. Benbow

  • Sex differences in mathematical ability: fact or artifact?

    Camilla Persson Benbow;Julian C. Stanley

  • The Science of Sex Differences in Science and Mathematics

    Diane F. Halpern;Camilla P. Benbow;David C. Geary;Ruben C. Gur

  • Sex differences in mathematical reasoning ability: more facts

    Camilla Persson Benbow;Julian C. Stanley

  • Sex differences in mathematical reasoning ability in intellectually talented preadolescents: Their nature, effects, and possible causes

    Camilla Persson Benbow

  • Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth After 35 Years: Uncovering Antecedents for the Development of Math-Science Expertise:

    David Lubinski;Camilla Persson Benbow

  • Importance of Assessing Spatial Ability in Intellectually Talented Young Adolescents: A 20-Year Longitudinal Study.

    Daniel L. Shea;David Lubinski;Camilla P. Benbow

  • Accomplishment in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and Its Relation to STEM Educational Dose: A 25-Year Longitudinal Study

    Jonathan Wai;David Lubinski;Camilla P. Benbow;James H. Steiger

  • The Influence of Spatial Ability on Gender Differences in Mathematics College Entrance Test Scores across Diverse Samples.

    M. Beth Casey;Ronald Nuttall;Elizabeth Pezaris;Camilla Persson Benbow

  • Top 1 in 10,000: A 10-Year Follow-Up of the Profoundly Gifted

    David Lubinski;Rose Mary Webb;Martha J. Morelock;Camilla Persson Benbow

  • States of excellence.

    David Lubinski;Camilla Persson Benbow

  • Consequences in High School and College of Sex Differences in Mathematical Reasoning Ability: A Longitudinal Perspective

    Camilla Persson Benbow;Julian C. Stanley

  • Sex Differences in Mathematical Reasoning Ability at Age 13: Their Status 20 Years Later

    Camilla Persson Benbow;David Lubinski;Daniel L. Shea;Hossain Eftekhari-Sanjani

  • Physiological correlates of extreme intellectual precocity

    Camilla Persson Benbow

  • Creativity and Technical Innovation: Spatial Ability’s Unique Role

    Harrison J. Kell;David Lubinski;Camilla P. Benbow;James H. Steiger

  • Contrasting Intellectual Patterns Predict Creativity in the Arts and Sciences Tracking Intellectually Precocious Youth Over 25 Years

    Gregory Park;David Lubinski;Camilla P. Benbow

  • Gender Differences in Abilities and Preferences Among the Gifted: Implications for the Math-Science Pipeline

    David Lubinski;Camilla Persson Benbow

  • INEQUITY IN EQUITY: How "Equity" Can Lead to Inequity for High-Potential Students

    Camilla Persson Benbow;Julian C. Stanley

  • Tracking Exceptional Human Capital Over Two Decades

    David Lubinski;Camilla P. Benbow;Rose Mary Webb;April Bleske-Rechek

  • Creativity and Occupational Accomplishments Among Intellectually Precocious Youths: An Age 13 to Age 33 Longitudinal Study.

    Jonathan Wai;David Lubinski;Camilla P. Benbow

Frequent Co-Authors

David Lubinski
David Lubinski Vanderbilt University
Julian C. Stanley
Julian C. Stanley Johns Hopkins University
Robert Plomin
Robert Plomin King's College London
Michael John Owen
Michael John Owen Cardiff University
Thalia C. Eley
Thalia C. Eley King's College London
Douglas K. Detterman
Douglas K. Detterman Case Western Reserve University
Lee A. Thompson
Lee A. Thompson Case Western Reserve University
Janet Shibley Hyde
Janet Shibley Hyde University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ian W. Craig
Ian W. Craig King's College London
Nigel Williams
Nigel Williams Cardiff University

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