Understanding the brains of high-IQ people
A research team at Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany have shown that intelligent people have key differences in brain activation patterns compared to less intelligent people....
read moreCognitive ability genes identified
Research from Feinstein Institute of Medical Research in New York looked at the results of 107,207 people’s neuropsychological tests and genomes. The scientists unlocked new details about the role of genetics in cognitive skills....
read morePlaying video games may enhance learning
A study of “gamers” found that playing video games trains regions like the hippocampus. The researchers found that gamers were better than non-gamers at analyzing a situation quickly to generate new knowledge and categorize facts....
read moreKids get IQ from their mother
Researchers in Glasgow, Scotland have discovered that children get their IQ from their mother:...
read morePoverty paves the way to cognitive aging
A new study that looked at the impact of economic hardships on people ages 18 to 30. They found that over 25 years, there was a strong correlation between time spent in poverty and decline in cognitive function....
read moreBrain benefitted by exercise—unless there’s been mercury exposure...
Although for most people, aerobic exercise increases cognitive processing and short-term memory, people exposed to high levels of mercury before birth do not reap the same benefits from aerobic exercise....
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