LearningRx1 IQ | http://www.learningrx.org - Part 7

Even people with superior memory can have false memories

Dec 31, 2013 by

UC Irvine researchers have found that even people with super memory  – those than can remember the details of their daily lives going back decades – are vulnerable to forming fake memories....

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Mother’s diet during pregnancy and early life may affect baby’s IQ and behavior later...

Oct 19, 2013 by

What a pregnant woman eats during her pregnancy and soon after the baby is born can have a significant impact on the child’s behavior and IQ … even later in life....

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Teen fights can destroy IQ to the equivalent of an entire year of school...

Sep 3, 2013 by

For girls, it only takes one fight! A fight-related injury resulted in a 1.62 IQ point drop for boys, and 3.02 IQ point drop for girls....

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IQs have risen up to 3 points per decade

Aug 26, 2012 by

Over the past 100 years our collective (worldwide) IQs have risen by up to 3 points per decade. It’s called “The Flynn Effect” (after James Flynn, who studied the changes)....

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Nutrition before age 2 affects IQ even at age 8

Aug 9, 2012 by

You are what you eat – so eat smart! There’s more evidence that good nutrition – even at a very young age – can affect IQ later. New research found that what children ate before two years of age...

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Autobiographical memory means more white matter

Aug 1, 2012 by

It’s “Total Recall” meets “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” for at least 33 people in the world who can recall every detail of their lives (since about age 10) perfectly. Recently, researchers found that those with autobiographical...

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