This paper explores the way in which the literatures on gifted education and specific cognitive aptitudes can be better integrated and inform one another to advance scientific knowledge. We first briefly review evidence accumulated to date on specific cognitive aptitudes and gifted samples and then explore what might be usefully investigated in the future. We consider measurement issues, value for applied uses of tests, specific cognitive aptitudes beyond what has been focused on to date and conclude with a discussion surrounding cross-field integration using the totality of evidence and consideration of policy. Continued research and better integration of research evidence across domains and translation to policy and practice might correspondingly improve basic scientific understanding of cognitive aptitudes.

本文探讨了如何更好地整合有关资优教育和特定认知能力的文献，并相互促进科学知识的发展。我们首先简要回顾迄今为止积累的关于特定认知能力和天赋样本的证据，然后探索未来可能有用的研究。我们考虑了测量问题、测试应用的价值、超出了迄今为止所关注的特定认知能力，并以使用全部证据和政策考虑围绕跨领域整合的讨论结束。持续的研究和跨领域研究证据的更好整合以及转化为政策和实践可能会相应地提高对认知能力的基本科学理解。