Posts Tagged ‘enhance-intelligence’
Study: Music Training Can Enhance Verbal Intelligence and Executive Function
Very interesting new study published in Psychological Science: Short-Term Music Training Enhances Verbal Intelligence and Executive Function. Abstract: Researchers have designed training methods that can be used to improve mental health and to test the efficacy of education programs. However, few studies have demonstrated broad transfer from such training to performance on untrained cognitive activities.…
Read MoreBrain Training to Enhance Performance, both post-Traumatic Brain Injury and for the workplace
A couple of very interesting recent announcements show (in a military context) how well-targeted brain training can complement and augment existing approaches, both to help “normal” and “clinical” populations, in ways that silo-based, rear-mirror thinking often misses:
Read MoreNintendo Brain Age/ Training vs. Crossword Puzzles
Nintendo brain-trainer ‘no better than pencil and paper’ (The Times): “The survey of ten-year-old children found no evidence to support claims in Nintendo’s advertising campaign, featuring Nicole Kidman, that users can test and rejuvenate their grey cells. The Nintendo DS is a technological jewel. As a game it’s fine, said Alain Lieury, professor of cognitive psychology…
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