Michael J. A. Howe
Michael Howe | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1940 |
| Died | 2 January 2002 (aged 61) |
| Nationality | British |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Sheffield |
| Thesis | Studies of recall and storage in short-term memory (1966) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Psychology |
| Sub-discipline | Cognitive psychology |
| Institutions | University of Exeter |
Michael John Anthony Howe (1940 – 2 January 2002) was a British cognitive psychologist. He was well known as a defender of environmental influences on intelligence, and as an opponent of IQ, and he was regularly involved in the controversies surrounding that area of research (see, e.g., Howe, 1997b). As a widely cited example of this work, with colleagues Davidson and Sloboda, he argued against the existence of innate talent, a position welcomed by some, but characterised as "absurd environmentalism" by researchers such as Douglas Detterman.