Friday

Can You Increase Your I.Q.?

I'm sure most of you have read this article/research.  It is titled, "Plastic Brain Outsmarts Experts: Training Can Increase Fluid Intelligence, Once Thought to Be Fixed at Birth."  However, I just ran across it yesterday.  In short, it countermands established views that I.Q.'s are static (until late life when they drop off dramatically in some people). Instead, the researchers assert that adult I.Q.'s may in fact be malleable.  The articles lists the names of several of the researchers if you want to look further into the topic.  Also, there are several free versions of the dual-n-back games that are discussed in the article.  So, I don't come across as marketing a certain developer, I will leave it up to you to choose the game.  I tried the game out; it was fun. :)

                                                         Image of brain courtesy of Microsoft Office

P.S. You might also be interested in a new article I have written for YCN: "3 U.S. Government Websites to Bookmark"


Update (1/10/2013): This article in Kurzweil.net notes that two research studies, which were completed in 2012, fail to support the above hypothesis.  However, even more interesting, the largest of these studies noted a strong correlation between video game playing and some aspects of I.Q.

7 comments:

  1. I'll have to head over there and check out one of those games. Pretty interesting article.

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  2. Interesting article. I need all of the help I can get!

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  3. Lo que esta claro es que cada día hacen más investigaciones, pero las celulas del cerebro queramos o no llega un momento que se van deteriorando... Si no seriamos robot.

    Un abrazo de corazón y con el corazón!!

    María del Carmen

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  4. I have not read the article, but will. I have not played the games, but will. I also remember taking an IQ test as a child that placed me with a 132. Someone said that was 'gifted', and I felt cheated that I didn't receive a gift.

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  5. IQ is same but needs good food and training

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  6. I think I'll try one someday! Thanks for sharing :)

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  7. These are really good tips ( I like the 4. so much ) I always try to increase my IQ. I bought this ebook too (http://myiqhigh.uni.me/) It's frome a UNI(education) website. I think it worth. I really realized I much focused every day.

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