The Huffington Post: Brain training exercises can boost your memory, but don’t expect them to make you any smarter, a new study says. Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Arizona State University, Michigan State University and Purdue University found that brain training seems to improve working memory capacity (the More
Read about the latest research on genetics and intelligence: Literacy and Numeracy Are More Heritable Than Intelligence in Primary School Yulia Kovas, Ivan Voronin, Andrey Kaydalov, Sergey B. Malykh, Philip S. Dale, and Robert Plomin Are literacy and numeracy less heritable than general cognitive ability? Monozygotic and dizygotic twins More
La Stampa: Dai videogiochi ai siti web, fino alle applicazioni del cellulare, sono migliaia i programmi per “allenare il cervello” che promettono di accrescere le performance cognitive: a quanto pare, però, mentre con il brain training è possibile imparare a memorizzare più cose, esercitarsi anche tutti i giorni non aiuta More
While brain training programs might strengthen your ability to hold information in mind, they probably won’t benefit the kind of intelligence that helps you reason and solve problems. More
The New York Times: Diets don’t just reduce weight, they can reduce mental capacity. In other words, dieting can make you dumber. Understanding why this is the case can illuminate a range of experiences, including something as far removed from voluntary calorie restriction as the ordeal of outright poverty. Imagine More
NPR: John Hewitt is a neuroscientist who studies the biology of intelligence. He’s also a parent. Over the years, Hewitt has periodically drawn upon his scientific knowledge in making parenting decisions. “I’m a father of four children myself and I never worried too much about the environments that I was More
