Posts Tagged ‘intelligence’
Trend: Esports teams harness cognitive tests to better match player to task and to identify training opportunities
I Took An Esports Brain Test. I’m Not Even Close to Being a Pro Gamer (CNET): NeurOlympics is a deceptively simple test. The 60-minute assessment guides people through four uncomplicated video games. One involves remembering disappearing icons. Another is an exercise in rapid reaction time. A person’s performance on the test is then run through an…
Read MoreStudy finds that playing videogames may be more cognitively beneficial for children than other forms of screentime (social media, watching videos/ TV)
Many parents feel guilty when their children play video games for hours on end. Some even worry it could make their children less clever. And, indeed, that’s a topic scientists have clashed over for years. In our new study, we investigated how video games affect the minds of children, interviewing and testing more than 5,000 children…
Read MoreTrain your brain to think outside the box with these fun riddles
Q: What do our thought processes have in common with walking through the jungle? A: We only make real progress after acknowledging going in circles. Q: What is the worst kind of echo?
Read More12 quick brain puzzles to welcome a sharp new year
___ Q: What is by far the most outstanding and surprising of all humankind’s successes? A: Waking up in the morning. Q: Of our many tools, which is one of the most powerful, and yet the most pliable? A: Statistics. Q: Who insists that mindless obedience is a sign of intelligence? A: All of us…
Read MoreMeta-analysis finds value in teaching the science of neuroplasticity, especially for math achievement among at-risk students
___ The ‘Brain’ in Growth Mindset: Does Teaching Students Neuroscience Help? (Education Week): “Teaching students the science of how their brains change over time can help them see intelligence as something they can develop, rather than innate and unchangeable, finds a new analysis of 10 separate studies online in the journal Trends in Neuroscience and Education.…
Read MoreNeuroengineering pioneer Randal Koene to discuss neural interfaces at the 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit
________________________________________ Proud to announce one great addition to the incredible Speaker Roster for the upcoming the 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 5–7th). Dr. Randal Koene is the Lead Scientist at Kernel, a $100-million-funded start-up building advanced neural interfaces to treat disease and dysfunction, illuminate the mechanisms of intelligence, and extend cognition. A neuroscientist and neuroengineer,
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