brain training
Brain Fitness And The Mensa IQ Test
Through the coincidental interests of two men on a train ride in England, the idea for a society of those with high IQ emerged. Lawyer Roland Berrill and scientist Lance Ware discovered a shared interest in intelligence tests. Later that year, just after the end of the Second World War that they founded Mensa (named for the Latin words for table, mind, and month).
Brain Fitness Training – The Smarter Resolution
Although historians trace the origin of New Year’s resolutions to the ancient Babylonians, the most apt historical symbol for the tradition is probably the Roman god Janus, his two faces looking back over past events and forward to the future. Where have we come from and where would we like to go. With an exciting new leap forward in the capabilities of brain training programs over the past year, this is the perfect time to make brain exercise our New Year’s resolution.
Brain Training – The Power of Working Memory
Like the mainspring in a clock, working memory provides the power for forward motion that keeps the brain ticking. Any shortfall or weakness in our working memory will have a serious impact on our cognitive ability. And, conversely, a particularly strong and effective working memory can supercharge our thinking skills.
Brain Fitness Training for Post-Grad Entrance Exams
Does the idea of applying for graduate school make you shudder at the thought of prepping for yet another standardized test? Don’t you wish there was a way to increase your score that wouldn’t feel like a waste of time? Brain fitness training may be just the answer you’re looking for.
Brain Fitness Exercises – How to Increase Your Intelligence
When French psychologist Alfred Binet designed the first standardized intelligence test, he felt strongly that an IQ score shouldn’t become a label. Binet feared that a low IQ score could affect a person’s self esteem as well as the opinions of others. But it wasn’t long before people were using IQ test scores to categorize and discriminate. Henry Goddard, who popularized IQ testing in the US, held that low IQ was caused by a recessive gene. Goddard’s views echoed those of the American public at the time, who worried that a disproportionate number of immigrants were of low intelligence.
